Gavin Newsom actually said...

"If you change the law that's one thing; the courts adjudicate the constitutionality of that law. But if you change the constitution, what role does the court have now in terms of adjudicating whether ..."

"Well, I mean, the question in front of the court now and the question that they're willing to adjudicate is the validity of Proposition 8."

"I understand it's a tough issue. I have very strong convictions about this. They're not shared by the majority of the elected officials in Washington, D.C."

"The question really is this, Anderson: whether or not it's an amendment to the constitution in the state of California or it's a revision."