****HEY EVERYONE*** LATE BREAKING NEWS HERE: Steph just called in sick, so we’re going to put on a best-of for at least the first hour until we can find a fill-in. Will let you know here and on Twitter as events warrant. Thanks for your understanding!
• Ted J. Boutrous Jr., law partner with Ted Olson, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to discuss the constitutionality of Prop. 8 and to explain why he, Ted Olson, and David Boies are going to the Feds now to overturn it.
• CNN‘s Paul Begala calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about GM, Sotomayor, North Korea, the economy, gay marriage, and other news of the day.
• General Motors, the nation’s largest automakers and for decades an icon of American manufacturing, filed for bankruptcy this morning at 8am Eastern. President Obama will address the nation shortly before noon Eastern to explain the rationale for the filing and his hopes that this is the best route for a turnaround.
• The U.S. will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday at an international conference. His comments came amid growing concern across the globe over North Korea’s latest nuclear test and test-firings of short-range missiles.
• GOP-ers kept the pressure on the president’s pick for the Supreme Court over the weekend, saying that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is an activist judge who will bring a leftist agenda to the bench. The White House said that it’s clear that Sotomayor’s life experiences will give her information about the struggles and hardships that people are going through that will make her a good judge.
• Nevada is legalizing domestic partnerships, with the state Assembly voting last night to override a veto by the governor.
