suffer as a result of allowing gay men and lesbians to marry. that s the argument from boise. and olson, those arguments started about 10:15 this morning. dominating the opinion pages this morning. a sampling of the new york times. deciding not to decide gay marriage, quote, history suggests it would be unwise for the supreme court to impose a uniform solution on the nation now. doing so could touch off huge civil resistance in the most conservative states. prudence and law dictate the same result cold feet at the altar. new york times editorial, the board writing a 50-state ruling. the courts call for states to end racial discrimination in public schools with all deliberate speed was a big error. the court should avoid that kind of error in the same-sex marriage cases. under the constitution, the right to marry applies equally to all couples period and this principle applies to the federal government and to every state. over at the washington post writing liberty and justice for
based on the commerce clause of the constitution. but it was upheld based on the tax writing provisions of the u.s. congress, and the executive branch of the u.s. government. a 5-4 decision. the key decision by the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. he sided with the other, the democratic appointed members of the supreme court, breyer, ginsberg, kagan, sotomayor, together with chief justice john roberts, they were in the majority. kennedy, scalia, alito and thomas, they were in the minority. the health care reform law stays in full fully remains the law of the land in the united states. kate baldwin has been watching all of this unfold. kate, you re outside the supreme court. give us some more on what was going on inside the supreme court. reporter: what was going on inside the supreme court is the chief justice, he announced the ruling and began reading part, a summary, really, of the opinion, the majority of opinion of the court. and that has been happeni
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they say is after all, 17% of the economy. that s commerce. that s the government s argument. so that s the heart of it. that s what will be argued tomorrow. pete williams at the court. the best seat in town. thanks so much, pete. thanks for filling us in. joining me now from washington, nbc vatican analystis george weigel. george, great to see you. the pope is on his way here from mexico. this is the first time of course, that the pope, a pope has been to cuba in 14 years since john paul ii. and what pope benedict xvi said flying from rome was very interesting. because he said marxism has lost its legitimacy. do you interpret this as a direct challenge to the castro regime? it s not a surprise that the holy father said that, andrea, 25 years ago, he talked about the impossible come proize between christianity and
intending to do. well, chris cillizza, we ll be forward to the supreme court s argument, the audio from the first day released very shortly. we have a lot on our plate politically in the next 24 hours. i think what the health care debate in the supreme court as well as, look, quickly with romney. this is pure politics. if mitt romney was the president and had an open mike moment, whoever the democratic nominee would say the same thing. what both these things suggest is the fact that there are a lot of intangible x factors. what the court decides. this is not an example of a big open mike gaffe but these are the things that happen in the course of a campaign. rick santorum losing his temper is another one, that can change the course of an election. so everyone today who is predicting who is going to win and why, i would just say, things happen. it is what makes covering politics, interesting, intriguing and unpredictable so