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Today that prohibition, the 13-year ban on alcohol ended. the movement to pass the hotly debated 18th amendment that banned alcohol was led bay rural protestant who saw it as a victory for public health and morals. >> during the 13-year run the law was widely ignored most famously by joseph patrick kennedy, late father of john f. kennedy who amassed a fortune in bootlegging. >> he made even more after the 21st amendment was repealed with his exclusive distribution rights of scottish whiskey. >> ...

It will backfire on them. but let me come back to something we talked about earlier, and i think michelle was right, the pool that everybodys going into make this work has to be balanced by younger people coming into it. the younger people are not going to sign up for it because it is too expensive because it requires things for them to do that they dont need yet. and they are not going to sign up for it, so its not going to work. its a debacle. everybody predicted that. and why we cant reverse ...

>> thats good rhetoric. >> thats the same thing you use. >> no. this isnt a rhetorical question. you said it happens all the time. you said in previous debates and fights over the debt ceiling. fair enough. has there been a time the congress held up the president of the united states and said kill the law of the land? say its never happened before and say were done. >> i dont know if its happened before, but i can tell you this. the 18th amendment to the constitution was prohibition. which was r...

And youre in the lead by $1,600 over our champion, prabhu. um, ill go ahead and wager $2,000. okay. here is the clue for you... who is nureyev? no. who is george balanchine? ah. lets look at the $600 clue now... what was the 19th amendment? nope. prabhu. oh. what is the 18th amendment? and with that, you lead a.j. by $1,000, and lynn gets to go first in double jeopardy! and well start that round in a moment or two.

>> megyn: tom? >> megyn, look, im not here to debate whether this is legitimate surgery or not or whether someone can have a mental illness that requires this type of procedure. what i suggest we do is look at what the 8th amendment says, and ask ourselves, is the state inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on this inmate? lets go back to 1848 very quickly. that was the first time the supreme court was ever asked to decide what is meant by cruel and unusual punishment. you know what they said,...

For. the 8th amendment prevents the state-- or forbids the state from inflicting, inflicting cruel or unusual punishment. is the argument-- or the proponents of this use of resources going to argue that by depriving someone of an elective surgical procedure, which by the way, if he was a civilian, he might very well not have the resources to even afford because its quite expensive. is not spending taxpayer dollars on something like this the state inflicting cruel and unusual punishment? comen. >...

Whether we like these convicts or not, they do have an 8th amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment once theyre in prison. >> exactly. >> megyn: however, theres debate even within the transgender community whether this person is entitled to that operation. well play that sound right after the break. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relie...

In a dark room and play justin bieber at max volume until they yield. >> those are all great ideas, don. i think the last one with justin bieber music would violate the cruel and unusual punishment prohibition of the 8th amendment. people are upset with congress. congress has to do something with me. its beyond me, frankly what, we can do as -- we complain about congress yet re-elect 90% of them last time when they were up for re-election so its a frustrating time. we all complain about it but y...

Another person writes bake their paychecks tied to performance like they do teachers, and finally someone says lock them in a dark room and play justin bieber at max volume until they yield. >> those are all great ideas, don. i think the last one with justin bieber music would violate the cruel and unusual punishment prohibition of the 8th amendment. people are upset with congress. congress has to do something with me. its beyond me, frankly what, we can do as -- we complain about congress yet r...

Issue. yes, we are hand strong with data being able to support some of these things. the evidence is clear. columbine, there was an armed guard at columbine high school. >> it didnt make a difference. we are going to take a quick break. i wonder if theres an 18th amendment issue going on here. thats next. [ lisa ] my names lisa, and chantix helped me quit.