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More. what else do we need to know there, shannon? >> you point out an interesting split in the justices who lined up together. just to remind folks the decision on prop 8 doesnt get to the merits of what the supreme court thinks about the issue of same sex marriage, it simply gets to the procedural issues about who had the the right to bring this case. you have the chief justice john roberts lining up with justices, scalia, ginsberg, brian and saying gone. dissenting justice kennedy joined by a...

Agents checking over medical expenditures. let me tell you not only for the individual taxpayer but for the healthcare providers. the hospitals, doctors, et cetera, you are going to have big brother scrutinizing -- heather: well see what happens fan more comes out. thank you for joining us. good to be with you. bill: a big story out of atlanta. heather, thank you. president obama saying hes close to a decision on the keystone oil pipeline. but one of his biggest concerns is stemming from one of ...

Right parties to do that and the government officials are refusing to do so, what the lowest court had done was strike down prop 8, meaning that its no good, it cant amend the state constitution to say that marriage is only one man and one woman. as we continue to read through this the first impression is prop 8 is probably gone in california. these parties did not have standing to appeal the decision. well keep reading that is the first blurb it probably means bad news for proposition 8. bill: ...

>> reporter: i say that times infinity. when the justices come together you just need five votes on one coalesced point. but there can be splitoff opinions, multiple dissents. they can go very narrow and taylor it just to california in the case of prop 8. in doma they can write it narrowly and say we are going to uphold it or strike it down. our most unexpected opinion would be if they say a blanket pronouncement allowing gay marriage in all 50 states. we dont think they will go that way, we thi...

The right to be there no matter how meritorious your claim is the court will not hear the case. that is the technical-legal argument. the practical effect of what was done today in this california case is to leave the trial courts decision as the law in california, and as shannon just so ably described that decision says the supreme court of california had the right to declare same-sex marriage as a valid, fundamental liberty from the constitution of the state, therefore, same-sex marriage is la...

This decision does not go to any other state. simply this california dispute. bill: again for our viewers if youre just tuning in the ninth circuit in northern california, that decision has been vacated and the lower court ruling stands, which means the lower court ruling ruled against proposition 8, against the voters of california who said marriage should be defined between a man anda woman bya 50-47 vote in 2008. to bret in a moment. first the judge on the split of justices. >> ththe decision...

Attleborough. bill: molly, apologize for that. in the meantime. there has been a decision handed down at least one of the two cases regarding gay marriage in america that we expected today from the u.s. supreme court. apparently that decision is in regard to the defense of marriage act. it was signed into law passed by congress and signed by president clinton in 1996. it has been challenged and the u.s. supreme court was asked to question whether or not it was within the constitutional rights or...

Doma. the real question is what happens with prop 8? and as shannon mentioned, and you talked about, there are some indications in some of the writing here of this opinion, that a number of the justices may have issues with the jurisdiction question. id be interested to hear the judge on this. because i think there are sometimes in these cases that are related little hints about what may be coming foreshadowing what the decision might be on pro*fp 8. bill prop 8. bill: that could be the case. ju...

Reach the merits. but everything that the supreme court said in the defense of marriage opinion, where they did reach the merits, demonstrates that when that case finally does come to the united states supreme court on the merits, marriage equality will be the law throughout this land. our plaintiffs now get to go back to california and together with every other citizen of california marry the person they love. [cheering] [applause] >> and the next step is to translate the promise that was reaff...

Knew. its nothing new to him. he knew this all along. like i said, there was members of the vatican there. letters were sent to them. jon: what is the vaticans response? >> reporter: no aparoleys from pope -- no apologies from pope john. church law doesnt specify exact penalties for this type of thing. ththe decision not to defrock murphy -- by the time they got to it, he was old and he was sick. this comes at a time when we are watching more scandals coming from ireland and germany surrounding ...