They said they couldnt think of anything. If we go to a hand higher standard of review now weve reached the ultimate thing that everybody was worried about and there seems to be a lot of danger if youre going to strike down these laws. Are they going to strike down these laws . And if so by what vote . I think the most likely outcome is a five to four decision with Justice Kennedy. Ive gone back and read what they said at windsor and im prepared to argue that he left himself brewing in that opinion to join a majority in this case. His opinion emphasized federalism and what the courts were not deciding in the windsor case but he said very little about what he thought the proper resolution of the state law issue was. I think theres a nontrivial chance that it could be six three where he gets on board with existing marriages without getting on board with creation of new marriages. I think those are the two most likely outcomes. Also a slight possibility, but not likely, a straight up majo
Conservative religious lead tore the National Press club for a discussion about the Upcoming Supreme Court cases and their positions on the cases. This is about an hour and ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] i want to start right on time. Were grateful for the folks at cspan coming in and filming the discussion today so we want to be conscious of their presence. I appreciate the audience of cspan. My name is rick scarborough. Myself, along with several others who are here most especially matt st. Stavor are the originators of the marriage pledge. There are Copies Available for everybody. They were stacked outside. Defend marriage. Org where you can both read the pledge, see the key signers we now have as of yesterday morning over 6,000 who signed the pledge. We have been adding several hundred a day of late and all of that will be discussed in the course of the presentations today. We had two esteemed members of the press coverage who could not be here because of the one case being
Whatever happened to abraham lincolns pronouncement in the gettysburg address at hours that the government of the people, by the people and for the people. We make the decisions for ourselves. It is rapidly being replaced now by a government of the courts, by the courts and for the courts. Let me get to the bottom line. If the u. S. Supreme Court Redefines Marriage to an good samesex marriage, we all know you and i all know that this will not be the end of the matter. An avalanche of court cases will be filed unrelated issues that we can even imagine today. We believe or should i say i believe that religious liberty will be insolvent from every side. Indeed, that authority happened. Pastors may have to officiate samesex marriages and they could he prohibited from passages of scripture. Those who refuse to comply will likely be threatened legally and as the years go by, some will be subjected to prison sentences. Christians who operate as mrs. Will be required to dance to the government
Hard to think of any other kind of law where you can discriminate in that type of rational way. It doesnt lend itself to the economic regulation. The proponents of the amendment in the perry case, the natural argument and the things that got the attorney justice appeased, and they made a joke about it. They werent taking this argument particularly seriously. Theres been a lot of focus on the Supreme Court decisions but theres a real history that the court has had in addressing access to marriage that includes permitting people who dont pay Child Support to be able to marry, permitting individuals who are prison to be able to marry while they are in prison. There is this really huge issue that the Supreme Court has viewed marriage over 40 times over a couple hundred years. The court has consistently found that we have to give huge to individuals who are willing to marry. Theyre not interested in picking out who should and should not have access to the institution. The other piece of thi
Victims. We are losing our privacy. Paying per mile, a plan met with opposition. Cuts that people didnt know how to work with are becoming popular. Why the record breaking drought in california is pushing up supermarket prices nationwide. Good morning, and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. One day after russia signed a treatedy making crimea a part of the russian operation, proRussian Forces stormed a base in sevastopol. Jennifer glasse is there and joins us on the phone. Things are escalating quickly. What are you hearing . Thats right. Im here at the base. You can here russian army trucks arriving on the base a few hours ago. The civilian men came in, followed by Russian Forces. They stormed the building in the commanders hours , and made the Ukrainian Forces leave. Theres a few sailors in the courtyard with their belongings around them. I took photos earlier that document what happens. There are men in regular uniforms standing guard outside the headquarters. The men s