kennedy s vote could be key. okay. great. a great report. great to have you. pete williams, the expert. let s go to joan walsh, editor-in-chief of salon and jonathan capehart, editorial director, writer for the washington post. joan, i ve got to start with you. what do you think of ted olsen now, my friend, ted olsen and david boies, these two, the right winger and the conservative the conservative and the liberal have won this case. right. have brought this and it s heading towards the supremes. it looks like we ll see a broad decision interpreted here, the right to choose basically, same-sex marriage, liberty clause honored here, the 14th amendment alive and well, equal protection, all the good causes that the gay community and its allies out there have sought all along. well, i m very grateful to ted olsen, okay, there you have it. just wanted to hear it. that s heart felt, but this never should have been a liberal or conservative issue.
eventually gets all the way through the appeal process, so let s wait some more is what the advocates of prop 8 say, but this is a very big deal, as you say. it s huge. it strikes me that this is a broad decision. this is the kind of thing that gets to the heart of the liberty clause, the right of every american to pursue happiness, if you will, to exert their liberty in this case and i have to ask you will this go to the supreme court? will it grab the attention of and support of judge anthony kennedy, will this be like the lawrence case and go in the direction of tolerance and equal treatment all the way. what s it look like? they certainly will try. that s been the game plan all along is get to the supreme court. what s going to happen now is i think the issue is undoubtedly going to the supreme court, but will it be this case, or will it be a challenge to the federal defense of marriage act, cases that are actually further along in the federal pipeline from massachusetts goin
jonathan capehart a writer for washington post. joan, i ve got to start with you. what do you think of ted olsen now, my friend, ted olsen and david boies, these two, the right winger and the conservative the conservative and the liberal have won this case. right. have brought this and it s heading towards the supremes. it looks like we ll see a broad decision interpreted here, the right to choose basically, same-sex marriage, liberty clause, 14th amendment live and well, equal protection, all the good causes that the gay community and its allies out there have sought all along. well, i m very grateful to ted olsen, okay, there you have it. just wanted to hear it. this should never have been a conservati conservative/liberal issue. the republican party made it the party of people who wanted to shut down civil rights. that should never have been, never true. ted olsen did a truly conservative thing in my opinion
it strikes me that this is a broad decision. this is the kind of thing that gets to the heart of the liberty clause, the right of every american to pursue happiness, if you will, to exert their liberty in this case and i have to ask you will this go to the supreme court? will it grab the attention of justice anthony kennedy or like the lawrence case and go in the direction of tolerance and equal treatment all the way? what s it look like? they certainly will try. that s been the game plan all along is get to the supreme court. what s going to happen nowsy think the issue is undoubtedly going to the supreme court, but will it be this case, or will it be a challenge to the federal defense of marriage act, cases further along in the federal pipeline from massachusetts, going through a district or a federal appeals court in massachusetts that tends to be faster than this ninth circuit in california. so it s a bit of a race now to see which gets to the supreme court first, and once it get
should not issue any marriage licenses while this is on appeal because they would be under a cloud, and who knows what s going to happen when this case eventually gets all the way through the appeal process, so let s wait some more is what the advocates of prop 8 say, but this is a very big deal, as you say. it s huge. it strikes me that this is a broad decision. this is the kind of thing that gets to the heart of the liberty clause, the right of every american to pursue happiness, if you will, to exert their liberty in this case and i have to ask you will this go to the supreme court? will it grab the attention of and support of judge anthony kennedy, will this be like the lawrence case and go in the direction of tolerance and equal treatment all the way. what s it look like? they certainly will try. that s been the game plan all along is get to the supreme court. what s going to happen now is i think the issue is undoubtedly going to the supreme court, but will it be this case,