on the next "washington journal, duane matthews" on higher education. .nd james o'keefe frank of m.i.t. technology review discovers -- discusses his recent article. plus, we will take your calls, e-mails, and tweaks. 7:00 a.m.ing at eastern on c-span. california voters in 2008, proposition eight banned same-sex marriages in the state. in 2010, a federal judge ruled the amendment is unconstitutional and the ruling was upheld in the supreme court. last week, the court ruled proposition eight backers lacked funding to end the 2000 a law. same-sex marriages can continue in the state. here are the march oral arguments in the case. >> we'll hear argument this morning in case 12-144, hollingsworth v. perry. mr. cooper? >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court -- new york's highest court, in a case similar to this one, remarked that until quite recently, it was an accepted truth for almost everyone who ever lived in any society in which marriage existed -- >> mr. cooper, we have jurisdictional and merits issues here. maybe it'd be best if you could begin with the standing i