I'm Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to the latest of our We the People constitutional podcasts.

The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate

information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.

And today we are discussing what could be the most important constitutional ruling of the term,

if not of the past decade, and that is the question of whether the Constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriage.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in what could be once in a generation case for the non-justices, and it posed two questions.

First, does the Constitution require states to recognize same-sex marriages,

and second, does it compel states to recognize same-sex marriages? And second, does it compel states to recognize same-sex

marriages legally recognized in other states? Joining us are two of the leading

scholars and advocates on this issue.

Both of them were in the courtroom yesterday,

and we are thrilled to welcome them

to our We The People constitutional podcasts.

Paul M Smith is chair of the appellate and Supreme Court

practice and co-chair of the media and First Amendment

and election law and redistricting practices at Genran Block.

Paul has argued 16 cases before the Supreme Court and among his most important victories

is Lawrence versus Texas, the landmark Gereright's case from 2003 that could prove

central to the court's decision on marriage equality. John Eastman is Henry

Salvatore Professor of Law and Community Service at Chapman University's Fowler School of Law.

He also served as the school's dean.

John is the founding director of the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic, a public interest law firm affiliated with the

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