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Justice brian gave a tongue lasher to the prosecutor. they said, quote, it is deeply disturbing to see a representative of the u.s. resort to this base tactic more than a decade into the 21st century. >> justice correspondent pete williams. thanks so much. two other big civil rights cases looming before the high court involving marriage equality. specifically the defense of marriage act and californias proposition 8. as the justices get set to hear those cases in march, the president took step...

Controversial proposition 8. peter doocy is standing by with the story. >> the obama administration said they will not defame the defense of marriage act in new york. they think that will law is unconstitutional. defense of marriage act was pass nine 96 and man dates that married couples must be one man and woman if they want to receive benefits. thigh wroit it denies same-sex couples that are legally married an important array of federal benefits to legally married opposite sex couplings. presi...

President obamas administration has a little less than a week to file a friend of the court brief against proposition 8, which was a gay marriage and banning balloting initiative approved by colorado voters in 2008 only to be overturned by the california supreme court. leaders arent sure how influential, but some are weary of the possible precedent. >> its basically judicial policy making and its a policy i agree with, if they do it, but there are some things that i think ought to be left to the...

Treated like everybody else. >> president obamas administration has until the this month to file a brief against proposition 8 which bans gay marriage in california. legal experts are worried about the precedent that may set. it is basically judicial policy making and it is it a policy i greeagree with if they do it some things ought to be left to the voters. >> and nationally 37 states ban stame-sex marriage. no matter what happens in california. stame-sex coupems will be allowed to join togeth...

>> bret: president obama told a local tv station in san francisco that same-sex couples should have the same rights as everyone else. that led to speculation that the administration may ask the u.s. supreme court to strike down the gay marriage ban. doug mckelway looks at how the presidents views and pronnouncement about the subject changed. >> the administration has until the end of the month to file a friend of the court brief against proposition 8, which may be the biggest supreme court civil...

But in that same election in california, proposition 8 was passed. >> uh-huh. >> it was -- a very, very bitter defeat there. marriage equality was wiped out from california. but this may, that is going to be up before the united states supreme court together with the challenge to doma, the defense of marriage act. we have come an incredible distance in just four years. we are so near to getting marriage equality. and that is what this -- inaugural speech stated. >> lets listen to another passage...

Shimmering, all waving the flag. this was my america today. but the president said our journey is not finished until, and i thought of just four years ago, when president obama was first elected. it was a bitter sweet election for us. for the first time we had an african-american president four years ago. but in that same election in california, proposition 8 was passed. >> uh-huh. >> it was -- a very, very bitter defeat there. marriage equality was wiped out from california. but this may, that ...

Minute -- i think the residue of that is still there. we dont know how it will affect the future decisions. but there is something of a cleavage in the conservative camp. >> have you big cases upcoming. you have defense of marriage act. you have proposition 8. have you things that really could change the face of how this country deals with big issues. >> with a different makeup of the court, you would expect very different outcomes. one of the things that is interesting when you look at the repu...

At the end of the day the office of the comp control irand they are the regulators who put this deal together. they say our new course of action will get more money to more people more quickly and speed recovery in the nations housing markets. >> shepard: these banks are worth trillions. for them it might be a decent dial. a separate deal with bank of america and fannie mae today, right? >> bank of america has been in a wig fight with the feds over old loans that were done by country wide financ...

Cases, and we know now when theyll be argued. the court announced that today. theyll be argued the last two argument days in march. on march 26th the court will hear the challenge to californias proposition 8, thats the voter approve ed initiative that put a stop to same-sex marriage. and then the next day on the 27th, it will hear the legal arguments in a challenge to the fird defen federal defense of marriage act, the federal law that prevents the government from recognizes same-sex marriages ...