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Lot of v.p. candidate possibilities right now as we get to those roles. the question is, who will lead that ticket. pat, thank you. >> thank you, richard. the california supreme court is meeting behind closed doors today to consider a critical question in the legal battle over same-sex marriage. justice correspondent pete williams is live in washington. pete, what is this meeting about? >> its about whether to get involved in the federal lawsuit. lets remember how we got here. last august, a f...

Appeal, who basically gets to stand in the shoes of the state and exercise the states authority to appeal. so the federal court of appeals in san francisco asked the state supreme court to take this question. and now the state supreme court has to decide whether or not to do it. it cant be ordered to do it gi by the federal court. the federal court asked. the people who want to support the judges decision, the gay coups who sued in the first place say dont take this. its clear the proponents of ...

>> all that said, jim, i am with you. i dont think there is anything wrong with the media noting a crowd is predominantly a certain race or gender or of what. but it is the importance that they lend to this observation that annoyses me. like it has to be in the lead for them. you will never see the fact that the majority of blacks in california voting overwhelmingly for proposition 8. it bury. >> right it is white people comfortable talking about white people. like my house. >> by the way, for a...

Do. they put on hold a judges order last week allowing same sex marriage to begin this wednesday. that judge had previously struck down californias proposition 8. thats the voter approved law that bans same sex marriage as unconstitutional. the appeals court wants to hear arguments on the broader constitutional issues on this issue. were joined by jeffrey toobin. this is a little confusing, but let me see if i can start off with this. a lot of same sex couples had been looking forward to getting...

Last week allowing same sex marriage to begin this wednesday. that judge had previously struck down californias proposition 8. thats the voter approved law that bans same sex marriage as unconstitutional. the appeals court wants to hear arguments on the broader constitutional questions on this contentious issue. to help sort all this out were joined by jeffrey toobin. this is a little confusing, but let me see if i can start off with this. a lot of same sex couples had been looking forward to ge...

In a symbolic way to rule against the same sex marriage in california. because there are all these people out there getting married, without anybody getting married, it makes the issue more abstract and easier to -- more academic and easier to rule in favor of proposition 8 against same sex marriage. >> i guess the irony is, a lot of prop 8 supporters were preemptively bashing the court, saying its the most liberal court in the country and giving them a victory of sorts. could you have seen this...

Appellate process, if the stay had been lifted, if people had been getting married all along. hundreds of people, maybe thousands of couples. that would have made if harder in a symbolic way to rule against the same sex marriage in california. because there are all these people out there getting married, without anybody getting married, it makes the issue more abstract and easier to -- more academic and easier to rule in favor of proposition 8 against same sex marriage. >> i guess the irony is, ...

Been getting married all along. hundreds of people, maybe thousands of couples. that would have made if harder in a symbolic way to rule against the same sex marriage in california. because there are all these people out there getting married, without anybody getting married, it makes the issue more abstract and easier to -- more academic and easier to rule in favor of proposition 8 against same sex marriage. >> i guess the irony is, a lot of prop 8 supporters were preemptively bashing the court...

Have standing or the right to ask the courts for a stay. >> the question becomes for the proponents of prop 8 do they have a specific particularized injury in what judge walker did and it is not clear that they do under current law. >> governor schwarzenegger or attorney general jerry brown would have a clear right to appeal but both it decided not to challenge the resumption of guy marriages. >> im hoping that you will have county clerk recorders that will refuse the issue because they as publi...

Hes put a stay on the ruling meaning it would not start until wednesday giving both sides to start appeals. theyre expected to rule tomorrow because both sides need time to file with the supreme court if theres going to be a moog. it is almost guaranteed that there will. theres huge heat on both sides the issue. >> absolutely. so what is the backlash mentality to allowing these to progress as of wednesday, all of the marriages go forward? people say its not right because of paperwork, the cost t...