justice anthony ken and his majority opinion of the lawrence case in 2003 which declared anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional. does the statute make it a crime for persons of the same sex to engage in intimate sexual conduct, violate the due process clause? yes. a statute making it a crime for two persons of the same sex to engage in sexual conduct violates the due process law. quote liberty protects the person from unwarranted government intrusions and freedom extends beyond spatial bounds, liberty presumes an autonomy of self-that includes freedom of thought, belief and expression. that certain intimate conduct the defendants are adults and their ability to declare the issue as one related to the right of engaging in certain sexual conduct de means the claim the claimant brought forward. what a story. joining me now, chad griffin and gay rights advocate, elizabeth bench. i hope i set it up the best i can. i can't write the majority opinion next year. your thoughts? >> i couldn't have said it better. it is an incredible day the supreme court is taking the prop 8 case as well as the dom

and globalization, a lot of the shops are not ground anymore, i think, you know, both anthony and ken gave reasons to be optimistic. maybe we'll see revival on manufacturing. i don't think it's going to be answered because we got to, you know, take those workers and get them more skills, not necessarily, you know, four-year college degree. take the jobs in higher part of the job situation that are being created. >> looking out further and not, you know, up to the next year. i'm talking about the next ten years. what the economic politicians that are going have to be put in place, you know, according to what people say are important to them to makes competitive and also to keep the middle class as is that seems to be a huge point of anxiety for many americans making sure that they have that middle class to reach or to strive for. >> i had the absolute apps to that question and i would be -- i would not be sitting here right now. look, i think part of this is, yes, we have new challenges we're facing run on technological advances and global competition nap created a situation where our

both anthony and ken gave reasons to be optimistic but i don't think it is going to be the answer.nk the answer is going to be we've got to take those workers and get them more skills, not necessarily a four year college degree but more skills so they can take the job in the higher part of the job distribution that are being created. >> looking out to the next year but the next ten years what are the economic policies that have to be put in place according to what people say are important to them to make us competitive and also to keep the middle class as they're seems to be a huge point of anxiety for many americans making sure that they have that middle class to reach or strive for? >> if i get the answer to that question i probably wouldn't be sitting here right now. look, i think part of this is yes, we have new challenges that we are facing on the politics and advances in the global competition. that is creating a situation where the engine of the sustainable economic growth in the middle, the good middle class jobs are not as plentiful as they once were. .. >> that would get