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14th amendment to make interracial marriage a constitutional right, 20 years after that, clarence thomas use that constitution right, in the state of nebraska, where interracial marriage was illegal, until 1963. interracial marriage was still a novel concept for virginia thomas's white relatives in nebraska, in the midwest, even after she married clarence thomas. in 1991, when clarence thomas's nomination to the supreme court was announced, virginia thomas's aunt and uncle spoke to the washington post, saying, i can guarantee you i was surprised when i found out she was going with a black man,...

>> that's the argument made in the lawsuit against san josé. >> it's the same as you being required to pay a fee and get insurance just to air this show. >> are you concerned this could somehow become a national standard? >> if our lawsuit doesn't overturn this, it's possible that other cities and states will seek legislation like this in an effort to curtail its citizens practicing their second amendment rights and of course we want to stop this right now. >> the mayor says san josé respect the second amendment but cannot bear its costs. >> it doesn't require our taxpayers to subsidize that...

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To enforce the constitutional right to vote, those are the first seven words of the most consequential piece of legislation of the last century, the civil rights act of 1964. 50 years ago today, president lyndon johnson signed a bill into law surrounded by a bipartisan group of legislators and leaders of the civil rights movement, including a still controversial figure named martin luther king jr. that constitution right, the right to vote had itself been guaranteed a century before, the bill's passage would be only the beginning of a very, very long struggle to enforce it. >> tonight i urge e...

Again, the appeal process can go on and on. >> 16 years until it's very expensive. >> so jean casarez, that's an issue. i think a lot of death penalty advocates say, for heaven's sake, we keep these people alive forever. we've got to give them medical care. we've got to look after them. put them in protective custody at time it's. infinitely more difficult to keep them protected than just the death or the needle. the constitution right, once they hear from a jury and judge that they're condemned to death to an automatic appeal whether they want it or not, correct? >> that is exactly right. the...