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For the supreme court to weigh in on interracial marriage? by 1954, the court had already ruled in cases involving race and discrimination. the most famous in brown v. board which the court held it was unconstitutional. so why wait until 1967 to hear the case about interracial marriage. here are all of the states that had laws on the books. banning interracial marriage. by 1967 only 16 states still had the laws on the books. in the decades between 1947 and 1967 the years the supreme court was st...

>> 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-gay side wins. its almost a per se rule. in red states like arkansas and florida...

By 1954, the court had already ruled in cases involving race and discrimination. the most famous in brown v. board which the court held it was unconstitutional. so why wait until 1967 to hear the case about interracial marriage. here are all of the states that had laws on the books. banning interracial marriage. by 1967 only 16 states still had the laws on the books. . in the decades between 1947 and 1967 the years the supreme court was staying mom on the issue, most states decided on their own....

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...

Recognized. 73%. heres the question. the court is choosing to rule now. are the justices looking at the trends and saying we need to use our power, our installation to public opinion to put a stop to it or are they looking at the trends and seeing a chance to join his ri. to become the court that says gay marriage is protected under the constitution. joining us is the chief justice professor at constitutional law at nyu. thank you for being here. thats a great title. my question is simple. why n...

Six years ago we would be standing in the white house together, as a married couple, legally married couple with the first black president of the united states affirming our love? it was really powerful. still a lot of excitement. a lot of firsts that are happening for us, yes, we are seeing big gains across the country and some key states. >> kenji, one of the important ones doma, and the position on doma. where is that progressing? the administration taken a position on it, but its not over ye...

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 complicated. the doma case doesn...

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 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 marriage, b...