federal government, he said, deeply intertwined. that's a theme over time kennedy has returned to the effect of government, and it was clearly very much in the forefront of his mind today. >> and jonathan, on the political fallout, one thing we've all taken note of, the republicans that have brought this forward to the supreme court, specifically john boehner, eric cantor and mccarthy have not wanted to touch it publicly. quote slush a law's constitutionality is determined courts, not by the department of justice. as long as the obama administration refuses to exercise its responsibility, we will. that's from mr. steele right there. this idea that we're not going after this on a gay rights issue, this is only a constitutionality issue, which is we don't like the fact that the doj is not enforcing this and the president is trying to circumstance come vent the