- Big week for the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in a challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8. On Wednesday, the court will hear a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law that prohibits same-sex couples from receiving any federal benefits for married couples (such as tax preferences and military burials).
- TIME on how the court will decide.
- An unhappy third birthday for Obamacare.
- New York Post: 48% of first births in America are to unmarried women.
- Sequestration to be signed into law with Obama’s signature this week. How it risks the President’s economic goals.
- Gov. Rick Perry could turn Texas blue.
- NYC Mayor Bloomberg is launching a $12 million gun control ad campaign to put pressure on senators.
- The Senate’s contentious budget vote approved Saturday splits the Gang of Eight immigration reform group.
- U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron pledges tighter immigration rules.
- America is the 104th most tourist-friendly country in the world (out of 140).
Morning Must Reads: March 25
In the news: Supreme Court, immigration, David Cameron, Rick Perry, Obamacare's third birthday, tourist-friendly countries.