we dig into that with law schooler gareth epps. it's "inside story". >>> with me now a professor of law at the baltimore law. could the supreme court, by the way it rules, leave us still with a patch-work quilt of same-sex marriage laws across the country. >> you know, that, it seems unlikely that they won't issue a ruling that covers the whole country about marriage. the question more people are wondering is whether the ruling will be worded in a way that states can push back, permit discrimination in areas other than actually being married. >> fight a rear guard action as suggested. we see in louisiana, where there's freedom of conscious bill that says governments can refuse to recognise. we'll see some of that. how long it will last, i don't know. it will depend on how the court words the decision. >> if it's tough to get a majority doesn't the court sometimes narrow in order to get the fifth or sixth vote. >> the question is what is in the mind of justice anthony kennedy, and his mind is broad and poetics. it's likely that he w