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Composition of the court, and elena kagan recused herself from this because of the work she did as solicitor from the white house. so the decision could potentially go 4-4 which would default to the lower court decisions and go against your position. how do you think it looks for your side? >> you know, i have given up guessing what the supreme court is going to do but if you give a fair reading to the law itself, to the constitution, they have to uphold arizonas law. the states ability to defen...

So we understand clearly this is show me your papers, the kind of law, and we cant have 50 different immigration laws all differently implemented across the country. look, i believe the answer to all of this is comprehensive immigration reform. lets not look lightly on the fact that 1 million people have been deported, unprecedented in the last three years and put more resources on the border than ever before and more jaltz and more enforcement agents and dont solve the problem. what they want i...

There could be 7 or 8 justices that say that is constitutional, it can be enforced. so im quite optimistic at the end of the day the arizona bill 1070 is going to be deemed constitutional. megyn: how do we get to this point where this issue has been so widely debate since arizona passed this law, partisan divisions, people fired up about it. how to we get to the point where we could have 7 or 8, there are only 8 justices because kagan recused herself. >> this is look at constitutional issues rat...

With respect to whether or not they can hire illegal aliens as workers. what sb-1070 does is turn the focus on the workers and to create penalties for the workers. >> which makes it less like federal law and probably more likely somebody like justice kennedy would look and say just because the federal government decides to target a problem one-way doesnt preclude targeting it another way. it already happened at the scream court with the california law about transporting people and they targeted ...

Footsteps of arizona, and theyre pulling students out of classrooms asking if theyre america or not. thats not our country. for the republican party not to take heed to that is not only frightening, but it also basically brings our country back and not moving us forward to where we could have unity. >> i think thats what disturbing. if youre in arizona where this law was signed by governor brewer, if you dont look like a latino or mexican which is the argument there, then you automatically are a...

Marginaliz marginalized, but also theyre saying this is my country andly participate. >> when you look at the data, there are actually less immigrants now than there was in 2007. there was 7 million in 2007, in 2011, only 6.1 million. what are we dealing with? what is the motivation of this? >> the motivation, and i just stated very well, the motivation by the republican party, the motivation for this legislation, is driven by interest that have nothing to do with immigration reform. those peopl...

Supreme court today where justices heard arguments on the constitutionality of arizonas outrageous immigration law, sp 1070. since governor jan brewer signed it two years ago, the law has inspired a wave of similar laws across the country. it makes it a crime to be in the country, and makes it a state crime not to carry immigration papers. it even requires law enforcement officers to demand immigration papers from anyone stops, detained, or arrested in the state. a provision that provides an inc...

showdown at the u.s. supreme court, where arizonas controversial crackdown on illegal immigration seemed to get quite a sympathetic reception from the justices. the obama administration contends the law steps on powers that are exclusive to the federal government, but as cnns kate balduan reports here, there may be a majority of justices who see things differently. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, the conservative majority appeared to lean toward upholding at least part of the arizon...

john fugelson and john cain. a lot to talk about this morning. that was in unison, i like it. well ask the congresswoman about it. this morning mitt romney turning his full attention to the general election after sweeping yesterdays gop primaries in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. >> a better america begins tonight. tonight is the start of a new campaign to unite every american who knows in their heart that we can do better. the last few years have been ...

may officially get behind him or will they? we have details meetings, planned ahead. >> and birds cause another scare in the sky. this is the second one this week. a flight with 54 people on board turns around after geese smack into the windshield. ew! >> and president obama slow jamming on student loans with jimmy fallon. >> now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> oh, yeah. >> the president going late night to grab some young voters. well have the hi...