And really, in a ruling on another major issue, as well. reporter: absolutely, david. another 5-4 decision, this one on abortion. justice gorsuch joining the conservatives in holding that those crisis pregnancy centers, which try to persuade women to carry their pregnancies to term rather than choose abortion, cannot be forced to post a notice inside their centers, telling women where and how they might get abortions. the court striking down that california law, saying it violated the first amendment right of those pregnancy centers. david? terry moran, who has watched the court for years for us. terry, thank you. and there is another developing story as we re on the air tonight. late tonight, word of an explosion at a hospital in central texas. you can see the black smoke right there above the hospital in gatesville, texas. they did race to evacuate the patients. there is word of injuries tonight. abc s marcus moore from texas now. reporter: smoke billowing from coryell memori
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Colleagues at the new yorker. and today s decision by the same court striking down this very important and controversial part of obama care. they highlight how important the courts are. but, rick, there s an asymmetry between the left and the right on this score. yeah. the left, the democrats never used never used the filibuster in this way. if it s court packing to a po t point two new judges to an 11-member court. what happens when the next supreme court opening comes up? is it going to be packing the court for the president to nominate? that s a great point. if justice scalia says i love his descents, they sound like someone in a workplace where he has to work with the biggest idiots in the universe. i can t believe i have to come to work with these idiots. he s one of the most brilliant people in the country, but scalia decides he s had it, right, he retires and there s now a vacancy.
Pair of supreme court decisions giving the same sex marriage movement its biggest victories to date. the court striking down parts of the defense of marriage act that denies benefits to legally married same sex couples and allowing same sex marriages to resume in california. but what now? we will continue to fight in the states where we ve won 37 times out of 40 ballot initiatives. reporter: one of the lawyers that led the case for same sex marriage at the supreme court says bring it on. in five years our goal is to have marriage equality throughout the country. reporter: polling shows support for same sex marriage has grown over the years. 55% of the respondents supported it. two years ago that number was 51%. four years ago it was far less. but there s still a long way to go. as of now 12 states and the district of columbia has voted to allow same sex marriage opinion 36 states expressly
At the fed level. the battle now moves to individual states. joe johns is in washington with the latest. reporter: now that the supreme court weighed in on this question of what happens next on same sex marriage, in the short term sort of about how long it takes before couples start getting married in the state of california, but longer term it s really about what this means for the marriage equality movement. all night and even into this morning, celebrations for historic ruling. while others denounce what they call the death of traditional values. emotional reactions following a pair of supreme court decisions giving the same sex marriage movement its biggest victories to date. the court striking down parts of the defense of marriage act that denies benefits to legally married same sex couples and allowing same sex marriages to resume in california. but what now? we will continue to fight in the states where we won 37 times