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Spouse is right here watching and listening and would be very proud and happy of where weve come to. >> well todays case came just a day after oral arguments on californias proposition 8, californias same-sex marriage ban. justices both liberal and conservative, seemed reluctant yesterday to use it as a basis for sweeping national change. this case, doma, could be just the opposite. senior analyst jeffrey toobin joins us, he was inside the court. i know everything comes from the caveat that the ...

Proposition 8 case. they were certainly very many suggestions that they might do that there. >> right. >> we could -- this whole thing could end with a thud. i sort of doubt it. i think at least this case will be decided on the merits come the end of june. >> jeff tube in, thank you. and now a massive landslide in washington state. this is just incredible when you look at this and the dropoff from the homes. it has destroyed homes and threatening 17 others. look at that person standing there a...

Would be pleased. >> today is like a spectacular event for me. its a lifetime kind of event. and i know that the spirit of my late spouse, thea spire, okay, is right here watching and listening, and would be very proud and happy of where weve come to. >> todays case came just a day after oral arguments on californias proposition 8, same-sex marriage ban. justices, both liberal and conservative, seemed reluctant yesterday to use it as the basis for sweeping national change. this case, doma, on th...

Opinion seems to be shifting and unmistakable. why kick the can down the road? >> reporter: this is the thing i thought was so interesting. we talked so much about how public opinion has changed. but it was the conservatives on the court who kept raising the issue of public opinion. john roberts did it again today. he said, look, you are making all kinds of progress, state by state. why do you want us to get involved? why should the supreme court get involved when this is a live political issue,...

I want to move into another issue that came up several times in the prop 8 case and conception of doma. the state of the science and whether raising children in a same-sex family with a married couple is a good or bad thing. or if there is not enough research yet. during yesterdays oral arguments and proposition 8, several justices and the attorney defending proposition 8 expressed doubts about the scientific consensus on the subject, justice scalia citing, and kennedy citing doubts because of h...

Prison of sorts. >> for a gay man, there were so many times in my life where i felt filled with shame and guilt and ugliness and now to move through this. i hope to do that for these women. >> joining us now, our form he governor jim mcgreevey and the filmmaker behind that documentary, thank you both for being here. and governor, i want to start with you on the news of the week. what is your take on the supreme courts taking up doma and proposition 8 this week? >> well, obviously, it is a very i...

"washington post." and michael crowley of "time" this weeks cover, two guys kiss, an alternative position of two women. who are you doing with this magazine? why this week after all this time of being tame "time"? >> we had a breast-feeding cover that caused a stir a year ago. our covers have been wonderfully provocative. why now? the point of the story is, however the court rules, we have reached, we have crossed a cultural rubicon. >> dr. carson, theyre comparing a gay loving relationship betw...

This was something that i think a lot of people thought maybe they added on, this question of whether or not the sponsors of proposition 8 had a legal right to defend proposition 8 when the attorney general of california and governor of california werent going to do so. they thought this was the justices dotting their is and crossing ts. it was a question and a little role reversal, the courts four more liberal justices maybe trying to stave off an actual ruling on the merits seemed to support t...

The equal protection clause of the constitution gives gay couples and lesbian couples the right to marry, to have that most cherished relationship. in the case of doma, what youll see is five justices coming together on states rights issues, that they cant countermand states that decide that same-sex marriage ought to be legal, it cant countermand that decision by withholding benefits. that leaves open the question for the rest of the country as to whether there is an equal protection challenge ...

Whether or not the sponsors of proposition 8 had a legal right to defend proposition 8 when the attorney general of california and governor of california werent going to do so. they thought this was the justices dotting their is and crossing ts. it was a question and a little role reversal, the courts four more liberal justices maybe trying to stave off an actual ruling on the merits seemed to support the idea that the sponsors of the initiative couldnt come into court and defend it, and it seem...