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You can do sort of go down the list and there is a whole bunch of precedents that that 2016 election vindicated. election vindicated. they become ever more important because of what dan said they are now much more aggressive in finding rights and ignoring precedent if they dont like it. they think they can get away with it which is been the habit long time. so how did barack obama remake that. thats why there is nine. in the gun cases are particularly good because the second amendment is the red...

Essentially defined marriage as between a man and a woman and today we get this first time, a federal court interpreting the federal constitution says, no, due process rights are violated, equal protection rights are violated by proposition 8. depending how it goes on appeal will determine the scope of the effect across the country. >> an historic, landmark decision right now. stand by, andrew. chad griffin, one of the plaintiffs in this case, who helped bring together ted olsen and david boise ...

American people. its a victory for our justice system. when our individual rights are taken away, when the majority decides that an unpopular group of individuals should be treated differently, and they cant succeed at the ballot box because they are unpopular or because they are a minority, because they are viewed differently by a number of people in the populist they turn to the courts of the united states and we have a spectacular constitution that values equality and values fundamental right...

Again we need to confirm this was that maybe both -- its in both sides interest to issue a stay. nobody wants anybody to be in legal limbo right now and there are a lot of iterations that you need to go through. and this is a decision the judge will make. were going to find out soon enough, wolf. but in listening to dan, the decision is really exactly what ted olsen and david boise, one liberal democrat, one conservative republican lawyer, on opposing sides in bush vs. gore, this is exactly what...

Sensitivity, with concern about the rights of every party in that courtroom on both sides, listened to the evidence, many of you were there during the course of the trial. many of you have in your hands 138 pages of analysis, of all of the evidence, the legal arguments, this is what american justice is all about. when a judge, an independent judge tries hard to listen to all of the evidence, analyzes the issues, and comes to a conclusion and vindicates the rights of a minority of our citizens to...

Extraordinary attorneys, this is pretty much a stretch of that clause in finding rights where they dont necessarily exist and whats going to end up happening which always ends up happening and its a sorry thing to be having to happen in this campaign season is that its all going to turn political. this isnt a civil rights issue. its distinctly different in the political arena which is where its going to get batted around and it is just not something that is going to be helpful in this cycle that...

It passed rather decisively saying marriage should be between a man and a woman and they banned gay marriage but the judge now says that is unconstitutional. should what the people say in these propositions, should that have an impact? >> wolf, with all due respect to the proposition and what the people said i do believe this is an issue that is much larger. it goes to the basic fundamental rights of all americans to be treated the same under the law. and i do believe that in terms of marriage e...