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Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair, reacts to the Supreme Court's decisions on gay marriage and the Voting Rights Act, what the House will do with immigration in light of passage in the Senate, and other news of the day.

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As part of our Spotlight on Magazine series, correspondent Lee Lawrence of the Christian Science Monitor speaks about CSM's cover story on prayer in school fifty years after the Supreme Court banned the practice.

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Marcia Coyle spoke about the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. She examined the Roberts Court, in its seventh year, through four decisions, which ranged from health care to gun ownership, and were all marked by a 5-4 decision. Marcia Coyle spoke with Linda Greenhouse, senior research scholar in law at Yale Law School.

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This week on Q & A, our guest is Tom Goldstein, who co-founded the website SCOTUSblog in 2002. Goldstein's website recently received the 2013 Peabody Award for excellence in electronic media, thus becoming the first blog to ever receive the Peabody.

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University of South Carolina Professor Bobby Donaldson and former protester Isaac Washington talk about the Edwards v. South Carolina Supreme Court case.

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Karen Houppert talks about her book, Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice, in which she explores the history behind the Supreme Court's decision to allow a defendant the right to free representation.

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Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the topic, "Your View of the Supreme Court."

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Scenes were shown outside the U.S. Supreme Court after oral arguments were heard in the same-sex marriage case Hollingsworth v. Perry. Another case would be argued the next day.*Telephone lines were open for viewer reactions.

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Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer testify before a House Appropriations Subcommittee about the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget for the Supreme Court.

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Marcus Rediker, history professor at the University of Pittsburgh, talks about his book, The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, in which he recounts the slave revolt aboard the Spanish schooner, Amistad in 1839.

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