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The proponents of prop 8, did not have the proper legal standing. remember that the state of california who is really the defendant at the heart of this case, it was their law, they said it's unconstitutional. they chose not to defend the law on appeal. so the people who got it on the ballot stood in the shoes of the state. the federal government has -- the supreme court has issued a series of rulings over the years who say you don't have the right to sue. you can't challenge something just because it makes you mad and you're a taxpayer. you have to show some specific injury to you. and there'...

So that ended up misleading people about where the country was. >> an important point. all independents are not created equal. the book is called "the center holds." available in your local book stores. thank you. coming up, the gaggle will be here. we'll be previewing the major decisions. it looks about 17 minutes from now as we get closer to decision time. the two couples that are challenging prop 8 have arrived at the court. first, wouldn't be "daily run down" without this. the daily soup. white house soup of day. tum yum gong. i have no comment. we'll be right back. ok, i am coming.

Would like to do when the president arrives in south africa in two days. >> talk about the juxtaposition. it is not a quiet time domestically, politically, for the president or for politics. aside from the statement potentially on prop 8 and doma, we obviously have the immigration debate heating up here. how do they -- and do they have a plan to sort of keep a hand in the domestic politics, while being a broader -- or should we expect outside of that statement, should we broadly expect the president to be focused, foreign policywise, not commenting sort of on wahat's happening back in the sena...

There. >> well, think about the juxtaposition of today. the president's already wheels up. so he will find out on air force one the supreme court decisions that get handed down in about 25 minutes on gay marriage. i'm told if there is something unexpected about the decision, perhaps either the supreme court gets more restrictive for some reason. maybe somehow keeps doma as law of the land, doesn't strike it down. or legalized gay marriage, does something that hasn't been predicted. then we might actually hear from the president after he came down on camera after he arrived here in senegal. oth...

Rights act that's dead. >> professor, i want to ask, in context, obviously, a lot of focus on the prop 8 and defense of marriage act rulings that we expect in about 55 minutes. put this in context. this ruling. which i think got less press. but has in the way they ruled in theory a very long impact on how elections are conducted and how lines are drawn in this country. >> this is probably the premier civil rights law maybe in the history of the united states. and it's now been dramatically modified. i want to make one important point. we talk a lot about state redistricting and state voter i.d...