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>> yes. now, each of the cases that we might be relying on is in these binders, along with the briefs. >> so you're reading all those briefs -- >> i'm trying to read as much as i can. but you can't read everything. >> this case is olson's 60th before the supreme court. and with 44 high court wins under his belt, he's facing the nine justices. >> mr. olson, you have 20 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. >> olson sharpens his arguments in a mock supreme court with elite lawyers playing the parts of justices. we got an exclusive look inside. >> proposition 8 took away from gay and lesbian ...

>> to say proposition 8 discriminates, you would have to say that marriage laws and marriage from the very beginning of civilization only existed to discriminate against gays and lesbians and we know that's not the case. >> he says it's not a matter of discrimination but rather of definition and marriage is defined as between a man and a woman for one main reason. >> we have marriage laws because we have children. and marriage laws attach men and women to each other and legally to the children that they bring forth. >> so do you think the olson/boies case is pure overreach? >> ultimately the s...

Wrong, then why wouldn't we be allowed to get married? >> that was the question olson and boies wanted answered. they took on perry and stier and another couple as clients. and they won in california against proposition 8, and now the case is always where they suspected it would end up, in supreme court. their argument is simple. same-sex marriage is a constitutional right, period. no matter how many states have voted to ban it. >> the reason we have the constitution, the reason we have a bill of rights is there are certain rights that are so fundamental to everybody that we say no majority ca...

Might be relying on is in these binders, along with the briefs. >> so you're reading all those briefs -- >> i'm trying to read as much as i can. but you can't read everything. >> this case is olson's 60th before the supreme court. and with 44 high court wins under his belt, he's facing the nine justices. >> mr. olson, you have 20 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. >> olson sharpens his arguments in a mock supreme court with elite lawyers playing the parts of justices. we got an exclusive look inside. >> proposition 8 took away from gay and lesbian californians the right to be married. i...

Now, each of the cases that we might be relying on is in these binders, along with the briefs. >> so you're reading all those briefs -- >> i'm trying to read as much as i can. but you can't read everything. >> this case is olson's 60th before the supreme court. and with 44 high court wins under his belt, he's facing the nine justices. >> mr. olson, you have 20 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. and may it please the court -- >> olson sharpens his arguments in a mock supreme court with elite lawyers playing the parts of justices. we got an exclusive look inside. >> proposition 8 took awa...