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The whole thing about two, both of them, the man and woman being over 55. it doesnt matter how old strom thurmond was himself here. gah! sorry. joining us now is the chief justice professor of constitutional law at nyu law school. he was in the courtroom today. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> that pained squall, where nobody realizes what she is talking about makes me crazy. not the most important thing that happened today. what we learned about how these...

You guys do understand that, right? the whole thing about two, both of them, the man and woman being over 55. it doesnt matter how old strom thurmond was himself here. gah! sorry. joining us now is the chief justice professor of constitutional law at nyu law school. he was in the courtroom today. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> that pained squall, where nobody realizes what she is talking about makes me crazy. not the most important thing that happened to...

Withhold them from the other. thats the issue and on the other side, the defenders of proposition 8 will be saying look, the voters spoke on this issue, this is a political question, the court should stay out of it. if gay people want the right to vote, they should organize and do it through the political system, not through judges. >> attorney general harris, supporters in your state, california, of the ban there say that the issue is evolving in the public domain, the supreme court shouldnt st...

Look, the voters spoke on this issue, this is a political question, the court should stay out of it. if gay people want the right to vote, they should organize and do it through the political system, not through judges. >> attorney general harris, supporters in your state, california, of the ban there say that the issue is evolving in the public domain, the supreme court shouldnt step in now and short-circuit the democratic process and impose a 50 state solution. to that, you say? >> that there ...

One group, straight people, and withhold them from the other. thats the issue and on the other side, the defenders of proposition 8 will be saying look, the voters spoke on this issue, this is a political question, the court should stay out of it. if people want the right to vote, they should organize and do it through the political system, not through judges. >> attorney general harris, supporters in your state, california, of the ban there say that the issue is evolving in the public domain, t...

But then justice alito toward the end of the oral argument, he said if we do get out ahead of it, arent we thwarting the democratic process? and he seemed to use that as his practicing mattic reason as opposed to the orange reining reason for letting prop 8 stand and letting the process play out in other states in the country. >> i would love to go and ask those people who want every child to have a mom and a dad if they are against divorce or against single parents. my question to you, it is un...

Solution, the ninth circuit did was rubbish. he said standing, they had standings to get into court. he did not lying the solicitor generals eight state solution that would knock down the bans or would elevate same-sex marriage in the states that provide everything but marriage. so all that was left were the 50 state solution. he seemed freaked out by that and he decided maybe we should just dismiss this case that we should have never taken it in the first place. >> there has been a lot of talk ...

History? >> the only side of history with regard to marriage is the right one regarding the truth. and that really should be decided by the american people. americans have an inevitable and inalienable right to determine our own history and thats really a fundamental aspect of america. we have a massive political debate going on in this country about marriage. and the last thing we need is the supreme court to take this debate away from the american people, print a 50 state solution to the marri...

Prospect of conflict that can roil the region from syria as well as the threat from iran. the president also has to prepare the american public for some kind of u.s. engagement. >> well, you know, i dont think he has to prepare the u.s. public yet for engagement. i think the supporters of the iraq war said it would be the big bang in the middle east. well, it was, but it didnt work out the way they had hoped. they were arguing that it would create a new and democratic middle east. well, there ha...

Issue. >> chris: juan do you see this both as a legal issue and a political issue? >> on out legal side i dont think you can deny a human being an american citizen their constitutional right and under the 14th amendment you have have an equal right it seems to me to marry. if you want to say they have the 8 state solution where you say these are states that say you you can have civil marriage but cant have marriage per se. cant have a gay marriage. if that is the case why are you stigmatizing ma...