who is arguing for marriage rights. justice scalia later concluding that unless there s a clear answer to that question, he can t see how the court can decide the case. obama pointee elena kagan on the other hand questioning the attorney who argued to preserve california s same sex marriage ban and in his mind, preserve traditional marriage. it is very rare that both parties to the couple are infertile and the traditional if a couple i can just assure you if both the woman and the man are over the age of 55, there are not a lot of children coming out of that marriage. other justices questioned whether the case even belonged before the court, fueling speculation they will be looking for a way not to make any sweeping decision. in justice anthony kennedy gave voice to the danger of doing too much or too little. we have five years of information to weigh against
this to our attention and supplied an affidavit for us talking about, for example, the times in 2009 when she used campaign funds to pay her rent to this campaign aide s nephew who bought her house in 2008 when it was about to be forecloses upon. even if the u.s. attorney in delaware, though, believes this there s cause here for an investigation, that s a tough call for them to be investigating somebody. i mean it looks political no matter how you slice it. well, david weis, the u.s. attorney for delaware, was in the u.s. attorney s office during the bush administration. so he s not, by any stretch of the imagination, an obama pointee. and whether or not it looks political it is up to the department of justice to keep our elected officials honest. keep our candidates honest and this goes to the very heart of our democracy. everybody has to follow the same rules. miss o donnell included. melanie sloan, it s a fascinating time we re living in. we ll continue to follow it. thanks
hold on. let me answer the question. she had come here, given a heads-up, told us there were materials and at the same time, we did what we should do. just because someone comes in and gives you a heads-up about something and says i want to share some information doesn t mean you immediately jump the gun and go take an action. i think if you flip the scenario and say what if we had just dismissed somebody because a political opponent of the president had made an utterance, you would argue it was pretty irrational to act in that manner. we did what we were supposed to do. the president made ultimately the right decision. i think he was proven that reporter: how is she a political opponent of the president? she s acting attorney general. appointed by the obama administration, a strong supporter of clinton. that s now i think number four. jim? reporter: thank you, sean. are the canceled meetings a sign the president is vacillating on the paris accord, and undecided whether to rema