So you've got some experience with this idea of Codifying something that some people think already is a right that exists. Tell me how they overlap. Well, first of all, this The Respect for Marriage act was made necessary by the Dodds decision overturning Roe versus Wade. specifically in Clarence Thomas concurring opinion. He went after a number of other cases that had been considered, well, settled precedent by name, and basically invited them to be relitigated in front of this new and activist Supreme Court. (02:48–03:01)
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