correct legal standing to enter the court in the first lace, or they're just not ready to decide it. people may think that's weird but the security doesn't have to take any case and there are sometimes situations where they say we're just not ready. on doma i think they will. >> the marriage act? >> the defense of marriage act, signed by president clinton in 1996. it says the it federal government cannot recognize same-sex marriage even in the states now numbing nine plus d.c. i think the court will find some way to strike doma down, with but that will not affect any state in terms of whether it has to allow same-sex marriage. >> you know, you talk about the first issue whether they should have taken the case. we heard them, the justices, almost debating that issue amongst themselves. i want to play audio between justice kennedy and justice scalia on that fact. >> i just wonder if the case was properly granted. >> it's too late for that now, isn't it? we granted cert. that's essentially asking, you know, why did we grant cert. we should let it percolate for
it. people may think that's weird but the security doesn't have to take any case and there are sometimes situations where they say we're just not ready. on doma i think they will. >> the marriage act? >> the defense of marriage act, signed by president clinton in 1996. it says the it federal government cannot recognize same-sex marriage even in the states now numbing nine plus d.c. i think the court will find some way to strike doma down, with but that will not affect any state in terms of whether it has to allow same-sex marriage. >> you know, you talk about the first issue whether they should have taken the case. we heard them, the justices, almost debating that issue amongst themselves. i want to play audio between justice kennedy and justice scalia on that fact. >> i just wonder if the case was properly granted. >> it's too late for that now, isn't it? we granted cert. that's essentially asking, you know, why did we grant cert. we should let it percolate for another -- you know, we've cross that had river, i think. >> rob reiner, you worked really hard to get this prop 8 kis in
marriage in the state. it seemed like the supreme court is just not ready to rule one way or the other on it. they're going to find some way to send this case back to california stamped incomplete either by saying that the prop 8 proponents did not have the correct legal standing to enter the court in the first place, or they're just not ready to decide it. now, you know, people may think that's weird but the security doesn't have to take any case and there are sometimes situations where they say we're just not ready. on doma i think they will. >> the marriage act? >> the defense of marriage act, passed by congress, signed by president clinton in 1996. it says the federal government cannot recognize same-sex marriage even in the states now numbering nine plus d.c. that recognize same-sex marriage. i think the court will find some way to strike doma down, with it, but that will not affect any state in terms of whether it has to allow same-sex marriage. >> you know, you talk about the first issue whether they should have taken the case. we heard them, the justices, almost debating that issue amongst themselves. i want to play audio between justice kennedy and justice scalia on that fact.
to the supreme court if you won. the federal government did win in the court of appeals, so there's a question about that, but assuming they do get to the merits of the case, and it seems likely they will, then i think there are at least five votes to strike doma down. >> mike at, the five votes probably the ones you would expect, and pete saying that it looks like you do have a majority on the court, and it's the plurality who believes this is sdrim in a discriminatory on its face. >> i was going to say before the break, in some ways we want the hollywood ending, we wanted them to come out the first hour, and to me the great thing is the system is doing, they're doing what the court should do, slow down the process and look, you have an entire country looking at the supreme court now and learns how this thing happens. what questions should be asked, so that if they do back away, and it's still to be determined
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