February 7 - A Court Victory Against Discrimination; Mitt's Momentum Meets Minnesota; Who's In Charge in Iran?

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the 2 to 1 decision today by a three judge Federal Appeals panel of the U.S. 9^th Circuit upholding a 2010 ruling by former U.S. District Judge Vaughan Walker that overturned Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage in California. Tobias Wolff, who teaches Constitutional Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has participated in some of the highest profile gay rights cases, joins us to assess the impact of the ruling and the likely appeals ahead that could go to the Supreme Court.

Part 2

Then we get an update on today’s Republican primary in Minnesota with Lawrence Jacobs the Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota. With an upset victory by Rick Santorum expected, we will examine the rollercoaster ride of Mitt Romney, who has long been projected as the winning nominee, but can’t seem to maintain momentum as the restless Republican base searches for an alternative to the establishment candidate.

Part 3

The finally, following the President’s recent remark that “knowing who is making decisions at any given time inside Iran is tough’, we try to find out who is in charge in Iran with Dr. Trita Parsi who is the co-founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and author of “A Single Role of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy With Iran”.