Eastern here on cspan. Neck the preview of the tuesdays Supreme Court oral argument on samesex marriage. The court will consider whether the 14th amendment will require the states to license marriages between two people of the samesex and if the license the out of state marriages must be recognized. Paul smith argued lawrence verses technology. And texas sodomy law. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Welcome every. I would like to welcome to you the briefing of the Marriage Equality casing. President of the american constitution society. I want to start by thanking general block for hosting us today. The firm had as come to support and promote lgbt the commit ment commitment and not desk for over ten years. If you and congratulations force being a force of justice in the United States. For those of that you are not familiar with the american constitution society, we are a National Network of lawyers and law students. Judges and policymakers. By shaping the debate and the legal and constit
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
With todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The bottom of the house on top of this tree. Severe storms strike millions across the nations midsection. Wow. Windy weather in a big chunk of the south. A stream a mother and her family submerged. Were watching this powerful storm system very evident this springtime as it washes toward the east. A final deal with iran and its Nuclear Program by the end of june. The Prime Minister of israel has been far less slowing. Several people under arrest at this massive brawl at the casino. About 300 people were involved in the fight. Anthony new come on death row for 30 years for a crime he did not commit. A buffalo on the run in texas. It isnt the first time. The same things been happening all week. A big touchdown for women. For the first time in nfl history, a woman has been hired as a referee. All that final four weekend. The wildcats are undefeated. 380. And all that matters its the muppet show. Its time to play the music a muppets show is
With todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The bottom of the house on top of this tree. Severe storms strike millions across the nations midsection. Wow. Windy weather in a big chunk of the south. A stream a mother and her family submerged. Were watching this powerful storm system very evident this springtime as it washes toward the east. A finall dea with iran and its Nuclear Program by the end of june. The Prime Minister of israel has been far less slowing. Ev seral people under arrest at this massive brawl at the casino. About 300 people were involved in the fight. Anthony new comen o death row for 30 years for a crime he did not itcomm. A buffalo on the run in texas. It isnt the first time. The same things been pp haening all week. A big touchdown for women. For the first time in nfl history, a woman has been hired as a referee. All that final four weekend. Withe ldcats are undefeated. 380. And all that matters its the muppet show. Its time to play the music a muppets show i
First ladies is an inspiring read, now available in hardcover and as an ebook. Here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering this spring on book tv. We will visit maryland for live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival with tom davis and mark frost. Along with david axelrod. We will close out may at books expo new york city, where the Publishing Industry showcases upcoming books. In june, we are live for printers row, including a threehour indepth program with lawrence wright. That is this spring on cspan2s book tv. The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case involving samesex marriage. Coming up, we get a preview of the case with a group of attorneys. That is followed by conservative religious leaders talking about opposition to samesex marriage and how the Supreme Court decision could impact religious freedom. Later, a look at issues important to progressives in the 2016 president ial election. The American Constitution Society for law and policy recentl