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Erode the protections. and aside from the politics that is involved, i see another danger in this that we'll have segments of our -- of the electorate, for example, african american voters, minority groups, who come to view the court as not looking out for our interests. that's just whatever your views on these issues, it's not healthy for our democracy when you have a significant portion of the electorate that has lost faith in our institutions. and couple that with a president with we know he has authoritarian tendencietendenci. if he nominates someone like minded, things we've taken for gra...

Whether we need to get off our butts and talk to people and find the energy in our own party, sign me up. i don't care if you knock out every incumbent in the democratic party if we start doing things that matter for families like mine that need it. if you're talking about roe v. wade, you're talking about the windsor decision. you're talking about affirmative action. you're talking about every critical thing we've put in place over the last 20 years is on the line. i don't care what is in democrat leadership. i want all of us to do more. i think the only way is to get our act together on this...

Able to speak. they should respect that. and the senate mcconnell did that. they stopped the appointment of president obama. that was his constitutional right. we're calling on them to stand by their principles and do the same thing here. this should not come to a vote until after the 2018 elections. let the people speak. >> toni, thank you for joining us. she's the president of the national organization of women. and thank you to bob vanderplaats, the president of the family leader. the future of the country is at stake in this supreme court vacancy. the replacement is president trump's dec...

Same-sex marriages as marriage equality. battles were won in the states across this country. and today's statement was shocking. and i think republican primary voters ought to ask some tough questions about his recent change in tone and change in opinion. >> many court watchers thought that this would be the opinion the court delivered, partly because of the way that the windsor decision was structured partly because of the tremendous near unanimity in courts where it required essentially states to recognize all couples. how much, having worked on this for two decades, was there a kind of pit ...

>> yes, you make a great point about people that are anticipating any summer and fall weddings coming up and knowing that those weddings will matter if they move across state lines. what do you make though of the historical significance of this date, june 26 now seamlessly tied together the connective tissue of windsor, lawrence and oger befell? >> absolutely. the fact the supreme court decided to issue this case on the two-year anniversary of the windsor decision is quite remarkable. a lot of supreme court scholars say it's mere coincidence. i'm not sure that's the case. but boy, it really do...