to the supreme court if you won. the federal government did win in the court of appeals, so there's a question about that, but assuming they do get to the merits of the case, and it seems likely they will, then i think there are at least five votes to strike doma down. >> mike at, the five votes probably the ones you would expect, and pete saying that it looks like you do have a majority on the court, and it's the plurality who believes this is sdrim in a discriminatory on its face. >> i was going to say before the break, in some ways we want the hollywood ending, we wanted them to come out the first hour, and to me the great thing is the system is doing, they're doing what the court should do, slow down the process and look, you have an entire country looking at the supreme court now and learns how this thing happens. what questions should be asked, so that if they do back away, and it's still to be determined
law. on the equality under the law you cannot be sdrim in ative based upon your race or gender or sexual preference. so in some times, the cull mtur may be behind the law. it's leaf legal to have race discrimination. took ten years to get a public bill and the right to vote in front of the culture. sometimes the culture lags. equality under the law cannot be avoided. >> are you comfortable with the fact the president said i'm going to leave it up to the states? >> well, if you say we support the right to vote and leave it to the states, you won't get the right to vote. that's what it's about. overcoming civil rights for a more perfect union. he took a bold step. >> but did it in a culture. not talked about under federal law? >> it has to be. ultimately one must have 50
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