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Tonight on all in. A president of the United States has to have immunity. And the Supreme Court is going to be really good at it. The supreme will take Donald Trumps immunity case. This is a momentous Decision Just to hear this case tonight Rachel Maddow and lawrence on the Supreme Court their delayed decision, and what it means for justice. Plus, lisa rooney, and Kristy Greenberg on how we got here and david claw from the new political reality for an electorate that has stopped trump before. Wh...

Asylum, and to what extent would that executive order violate that? and theres the convention against torture, and you cannot send somebody back to a country where they could face torture, and then finally you are looking at a 14th amendment issue, and that is everyone should be afforded equal protection under the law irrespective of race, religion and et cetera. you are seeing a challenge predicated upon those grounds, and i should also say, when we are talking about a stay, we are talking abou...

Really key about the 4th amendment issue is the federal government says in its decisions that wholesale flight is suspicion enough to justify a pursuit. at the state level the court decisions maybe different. for example, in new jersey its not by itself reasonable suspicion to undertake a foot pursuit. where can we reconcile that and what were the factors that lead to this to begin with and why were some of the policies violated and what happened and when did these injuries occur. >> listen i tr...

But theres this extreme element right now. i call it the survivalist wing of the nra that makes a lot of money from the gun manufacturers. these assault weapons. im wondering, youre getting involved. do you think youre going to be able to counter some of the more extremist elements of the nra with what youre doing and trying to get your message out and supporting candidates that support the second amendment but also support reasonable regulation of some of these more extreme assault firearms? >>...

Or the possible bench -- >> thats the bench? >> i mean, these are the names that are being talked about. whats interesting is that all of them are all high profile right now and open-minded on this issue, if not actively for it. i think the fund-raising community is excited about it and people in the conservative movement are more open on it than they were in the past. now, this can go sideways very quickly. and youre seeing the beginnings of people trying to make it go sideways over the last co...

Second terms throughout history. and they basically summed it up this way. in the first year of a second term, they try and do something big on the economy. typically doesnt work. in the second year, theyre already in midterms, third year, try to do middle east peace, doesnt work. and fourth year theyre pardoning their friends. so were in year one right now. it doesnt look very promising that were going to get a deal which means we could be going through the next four years without any serious r...

They have to start anew. they build things. they come here to create jobs. lets start with the contributions. >> and harold, you look at that editorial. i dont know who wroelt it fte "the national review," but you say its racist. >> i think theres some strong racial undertones there. look, if there is where a wing of the republican party is now, i say a wing, honestly, then not only does it look less and less likely that well find some agreement on this issue, it is mind boggling to me just as y...

>> thank you, captain. and please give our best to your wife. what courageous testimony yesterday. >> it was. it was incredible to hear from her. it said it all. it really did, in very few words. this issue, though, we were talking about generals coming forward, colin powell, different people on our show, and politicians who are moving toward trying to get either bans on assault weapons or background checks for stricter regulations on assault weapons. they are paying a political price which show...

Weve been talking about the second amendment. strictly speaking that combines the federal government and dk and other federal enclaves. when the heller case which recognized the individual right under the second amendment came down, the quote we had from barack obama talked about guidance to local jurisdictions so whats up with that? whats up with that is hes a constitutional law professor realized the next step would be the 14th amendment issue, which is applying this individual right to have a...

Requiring that illegal immigrants pay for their kids to attend public schools. what do you think about that? >> again, i think hes doing the kind of comprehensive look at immigration enforcement that washington certainly doesnt want to do. and you know, i mentioned that there are a lot of opportunists on this debate on both sides of the aisle and i question their true commitment. i mean, we have some senators now who are talking about a constitutional amendment with specific regard to the 14th a...