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If the issue should be left up to the states. both cases decided in june. >> thank you very much. you really get the feeling we are watching history in the making this week. >> that's right. >> are you all right? >> i am. just took a drink of water. >> it happens sometimes. >> it has nothing to do with the story. >> you are good. cough it out. at any rate, it's going to be a big, big week and clearly precedent-setting. >> that's right. both sides have 30 minutes to argue. basically one side will say, this is something californians have already decided. no reason we have to bring it to the supr...

Citizenship to freed slaves, says that equal protection of the law won't let you get away with that. you know why? because if you're going to discriminate against a group of people like gay people, you better have a very good reason. and you don't have a good reason to do that. so they threw it out. and that's what's in front of the supreme court now. does the 14th amendment to the constitution require that gay marriage should be allowed to occur in california? >> and all of this is precedent setting, potentially precedent setting. >> it absolutely is. there really are a number of things the s...

Canadian company would be precedent setting and it would also lead us to think about doing the same to american companies. >> tech resources, which operates one of the largest zinc and lead smelters in the world in british columbia, just a few miles north of the u.s. border, has been found liable under the u.s. super fund law. the company admits to discharging toxic chemicals into the columbia river over several decades. metals that flow across the border into washington state. the indian tribe is the plaintiff. >> it affects our agriculture and salmon and the water we drink but it also affect...

Teenager is going through. her name means light breeze in icelandic is not on the official government approved list of names. yes, there is a government approved list of names so officially she is referred to as girl. the family is suing to have her name approved. it used to be that when pollution crossed borders it was a diplomatic matter. a court ruling could now change that. the future of the business along the canadian border. >> court ruling over the industrial pollution that came from the canadian smelter in the united states is threatening to expose american companies to canadian just...

Baldwin has become the first openly-gay person to win a u.s. senate seat. >> you look at all of the combined things. it sets a new political stage for sure. >> precedent-setting, for sure. the northeast is bracing for another storm today. airlines already cancelling flights. coming up, where and when the storm will hit. plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and ke...