May it please the court. For 50 years the Supreme Court has recognize that the freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life are libertied protected by due process. April and jane have a constitutional right to share a life, to marry, to form a family, to raise their children. We show in this case that no matter what standard of scrutiny the court uses, no matter what doctrine the court applies, the state cant prevail here. The michigan marriage amendment is unconstitutional. A starting disagreement between the parties as the court has already observed, is an articulation of the right itself, its the right to marry i realize before windsor, the first and Second Circuit said that baker is binding, post wind sorry, theres no majority recognizing that, i have to say, i find that a very serious issue, the thing thats coming on is you, oddly enough, we treat some reversals as binding precedent no less than a fully written opinion. Everyone understands thats true, theres
June of 2015 is the better path for the community, not necessarily your clients, the community at large. Changing hearts and minds happens through democracy much more effectively than it happens through court decisions. I understand, judge, but i represent four couples. Their kids deserve two parents. They deserve them today and thats and they are entitled to those based on these notions of due process and equal protection. And especially when you look at the movement thats occurred. This is similar to the loving situation, which by the way, was a recognition case. I mean, that couple moved to d. C. , got married, then came back to virginia and were prosecuted because virginia wouldnt recognize the d. C. Marriage. At the time of the decision in 1967, there were 15 states that had repealed the ban on interracial marriage. There was momentum going in their favor, but the Supreme Court still struck down their prosecution. There was still 16 states that prohibited interracial marriage. Tha
Funeral services are scheduled for today and later this week for the victims from the amtrak crash. New questions this morning on what caused the amtrak train to derail. This is also the part of the larger debate on americas infrastructure. Do you support or oppose more Infrastructure Spending . If you support more spending 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. You can also join in on the conversation on our Facebook Page, facebook. Com cspan. Send us an email, journal cspan. Org. Or send us a tweet, cspanwj. Good sunday morning to you. This is the headline from todays philadelphia inquirer, suddenly there was darkness and chaos. Jumping the tracks just outside the 30 street station in philadelphia. We want to get your comments and calls. First, the president who spoke about infrastructure last thursday. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] president obama we should not be thinking smaller today, we should be thinking bigger in this Global Economy. My hope is that we have a chan
Form in rural and underserved areas. Cms recognizes challenges faced by beneficiaries and providers in rural areas. I look forward to working with hrsa and the congress delivering quality care to Medicare Beneficiaries regardless of their location. Thank you again and im happy to answer your questions. Thank you both. Let me answer a couple of questions and well do fiveminute rounds here. Mr. Morris, the department the budget the administration submitted would have cut your budget by 20 million. Did you ask for that cut . Mr. Chairman, we support the president s budget and the request that came forward. We think it supports the key programs for our office. Includes continued funding for the outreach program, the rural hospital flexibility program. For our policy and Research Activities and we think those are the programs that can be most effective meeting the needs. Where are you going to spend 20 million less than you are spending this year . The president s budget there is a decrease
About the governments bulk collection of our phone records. And the release of some of Hillary Clintons private emails. Plus the white house defends its strategy for countering isis, as the terror group seizes the ancient syrian city of palmyra and tightens its hold on ramadi. Are we going to set our hair on fire every time there is a setback . Well sit down with former u. S. Ambassador john bolton. Who says were losing the war against isis. Our power player of the week honoring nations veterans with a proper military farewell. They want every family to have live taps at that going away presentation of their veteran. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello from fox news in washington. Its not just barbecue on the menu this memorial day weekend. Theres also politics and National Security. We begin with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who ran second for the gop president ial nomination in 2008, became a star on fox news channel, but then left television to run again. Governor huck