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You’re going to Hollywood—those were the words hundreds of people in Jacksonville were hoping to hear as they watched Isaiah Case perform on American Idol.And t

You’re going to Hollywood—those were the words hundreds of people in Jacksonville were hoping to hear as they watched Isaiah Case perform on American Idol.And t

In this episode of Open Line ON DEMAND, Jc sits down with Wabash County Fair Board president John Haase, Fair Director Nathan Glick, and University of Illinois Extension Program Coordinator Megan Pierson. They discuss the upcoming 50th annual Wabash County Fair and the kick off […]

He has some time left to do that. there are a number of things that can be done before doma has been repealed, and what is left undone as that "new york times" article that you just referenced so eloquently put forth the next defense secretary, if senator hagel is, in fact, confirmed, i hope that on day one he will immediately move to insure equal benefits for those serving our country. >> what happens if the supreme court acts against dont ask -- doma, rather, and -- rather, supports doma and i...

The case says theres this definition passed by a ballot initiative that says that marriage is between one man and one woman. if the the supreme court goes broad on that and says theres a fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry, that could flip the remaining states to require them to have same sex mar marriage. i dont think thats going to happen. for example, the court could look at this and say there are a bunch of states that say were going to give you the rights and benefits of marriag...

Constitution. joining us is the chief justice professor at constitutional law at nyu law school. thank you for being here. thats a great title. >> thanks, ezra. >> my question is simple, why now? >> in part, the court is a passive institution. it cant reach out and grab cases. but i think theres an additional layer to your question. why didnt the court say were not going to review this case? even if its being petitioned to us. one of the cases that we didnt look at in your excellent introduction...

In 1967 supreme court ruled unanimously that race cannot be used as a basis to restrict marriage. this was a famous case. loving versus virginia. the amazingly named lovings were richard and mildred. in 1958 they travelled to washington, d.c. so they could get married. when they returned to virginia where interracial marriage was against the law, they were sentenced to a year in prison for getting married. when the judge in virginia sentenced them to prison he said "god created the races and pla...

Introduction is a 1956 case right after brown v. board of education when they are handing out these orders extending the principle at public accommodations. but it has a marriage case and gets rid of it and says this is too soon. and so it sits 11 years later to take it up. many of us thought this is exactly whats going to happen with the prop 8 case. the doma case is slightly different. but many of us thought the prop 8 case its going to go back. its going to be legal in california but nowhere ...

So it was crafted because its a movement. they tend to be pro-states rights and the liberals are pro-gay so arguing towards the middle, these are justice kennedys favorite things. thats clearly a fifth vote for this case. we assume. so i think everyone imagined everyone since appellate court struck it down, that it leads to the supreme court to review the case. everyone thought they would take the case. i think they are going to do the right thing and strike it down. the other case is much more ...

Do the loving vs. virginia move. right now, it would be washing out 41 states. >> so very quickly before we go, today is a good day for supporters of gay marriage. thats the bottom line? >> i think its a great day. i think its a great day because in the perry case, theres no question its a great in respect to doma. for the perry case, its a great day even though there might be skeptics because in that case theres a beautiful record, theres a trial in this case. whenever theres a trial, the pro-g...