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One of the ways in which you claim it's meaningful is a new argument i haven't seen anywhere else before, you claim that the argument in the successful overturning of doma, the windsor case, was actually influenced by the failed case in the prop 8 fight. i talked to a lot of people involved in both of these cases involved in the drafting of the windsor briefs, who really took issue with that characterization. they said, actually the reasoning in the two cases was very different, but the olson case laid out a very different logic on olson's side. in fact, the reasoning in the windsor case came ...

Domestic partner registry in the sate state and they said we disagree with this law even though the law is on the books. it can cut both ways, can't it, chris? >> yeah, it certainly can. but i think that that's part of our 50-state process. and the overwhelming majority of attorneys general who have been faced with the challenge over especially since the supreme court's ruling in the windsor case have decided that this law, the supreme court justice kennedy and his opinion, sort of put the writing on the wall on this. and i'm not going to be the last attorney general standing who's defending t...

Executive. >> certainly states that passed constitutional amendments like georgia, which do not recognize same-sex marriages. i think we might also see something from within the justice department. national association of assistant u.s. attorneys has recently pushed back against eric holder proposals to change sentencing laws, do away with mandatory sentence, at least not push it as much. we may see some internal dispute over this particular proposal. >> why now? why do you think the particular action is taken right here. >> legally it's significant because last year united states supreme cour...

Action now? >> last year the united states supreme court in the windsor case finally held it is unconstitutional to not recognize same-sex marriages for purposes of federal benefits. department of justice and other parts of the administration have a green light to say, look, we can't wait on congress to do everything but we can do what's within our power to change things we have control over. >> attorney general holder is expected to issue that memo tomorrow. dramatic testimony in the loud music murder trial. michael dunn charged with first degree murder for opening fire into an suv full of ...

>> so, of the cases -- the other case is utah case. >> yes. yes. >> gay marriage, which appears to say can we stop gay marriage until we get a final court opinion? >> yes this one came out of the blue for a lot of people, as we all know. same-sex marriage, a lot of action across the united states. the supreme court sort of side stepped the issue last summer in the california proposition 8 case but at the same time it also ruling in another case said that same-sex people haved same rights as homosexual couples in the windsor case. and what's happened is that lower court judges are take you can ...