. >>> late this morning a federal judge ruled that part of the new healthcare reform law is u nconstitutional. so what does this mean and how will it impact the healthcare of most americans. jade hernandez joins us now after spooking with an expert at st. mary's college about the decision. good afternoon, jade. >> reporter: good afternoon. >> reporter: we're live where we spoke to a suspect who analyzed the decision handed down this morning. >> there will be cases in florida. there is also a case in michigan all on this mandate question. so the supreme court will have to sort out all of these sessions. >> reporter: we spoke to dean bolford about the federal decision in virginia this morning. henry pud son -- hudson ruled against the -- learn called the mandate about purchasing health insurance by 2014. >> one of the interesting questions is whether the justice department will appeal this decision to the fourth circuit, the -- the appellate federal court which already has one other virginia case. >>> the way i would say it, is this case is not about health insurance. it is not about healthcare

i know the voters passed the l aw, it just happens to be u nconstitutional. >> marriage is defined as a marriage between one man and one woman. it's not uncoy suggestion -- u nconstitutional for voters and lawmakers to come to that conclusion and say this is the public policy they want to have. >> reporter: volters in california approved proposition 8 back into 2008. there was challenges to it immediately. california state supreme court upheld prop 8 by a 6-1 vote s aying the voters had broken. later a court ruling overturned that ruling. today we stand in front of the circuit court of appeals. by this way -- by the way, this case is going to be watched throughout the country and there are live feeds going from pasadena to portland. this says -- imperial county is appealing this case. i asked mr. lawrence with the alliance defense fund if we should read anything into the fact that imperial county is the only county in the whole state that's appealing this? he said no, some counties have declined to pursue this because of budget problems and so forth. he says how many counties -- are c