under the constitution to practice the faith as they right, this is an important part of the job. he believes this is bad policy tend goal is to change it. biden commented on the regulation and said it got screwed up in the first iteration. mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. maryland is the latest state to legalize gay marriage. they signed the bill today and maryland joined seven other states and the district of columbia. the law takes effect next january. opponents are pushing for referendum on the november ballot. harsh reaction to the death of a conservative icon is next in the grapevine. a famous conservative lawman questions the authenticity o
under the constitution to practice the faith as they right, this is an important part of the job. he believes this is bad policy tend goal is to change it. biden commented on the regulation and said it got screwed up in the first iteration. mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. maryland is the latest state to legalize gay marriage. they signed the bill today and maryland joined seven other states and the district of columbia. the law takes effect next january. opponents are pushing for referendum on the november ballot. harsh reaction to the death of a conservative icon is next in the grapevine. a famous conservative lawman questions the authenticity of the president s birth certificate. [ dad ] i m usually checking up on my kids,
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gore s lawyer and ted olsen was george w. bush s lawyer in that case. ted olsen went on to become solicitor general in the bush administration. a conservative icon and liberal icon fighting on the same team. they won their first round in federal court with a ruling that proposition 8 was unconstitutional. that was appealed up to the circuit court, which is one level below the u.s. supreme court. today we got the ruling from that circuit court. they found proposition 8 does violate the united states constitution. it is unconstitutional. the court found that proposition 8 served no purpose and had no effect other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in california. joining us now for an exclusive interview is one of those two famous lawyers that got that big win today, former solicitor-general ted olsen. congratulations and thank you for your time tonight. nice to see you. it s my pleasure to be here. thank you, rachel.
very big deal american lawyers. two most famous litigators in the country, david boyes was al gore s lawyer and ted olsen was george w. bush s lawyer in that case. a conservative icon and a liberal icon fighting on the same team. they won their first round in federal court with a ruling that proposition 8 was unconstitutional. that was appealed up to the circuit kout, one level below the u.s. supreme court. today we got the ruling fra that circuit court. they found proposition 8 does violate the united states constitution. it is unconstitutional. the court found that proposition 8 served no purpose and had no effect other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in california. joining us now for an exclusive interview is one of those two famous lawyers that got that big win today, former solicitor-general ted olsen. i m no expert on these