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Department of justice. todays filing is nothing more than a massive waste of taxpayer funds." what about all of this? lets bring in the panel tonight. bill kristol, editor of "the weekly standard." mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? >> well, i thought it was interesting that the filing as you said was exclusively on the grounds of the federal supremacy. you would have thought that the federal government,...

Americas news headquarters only on fox. see you then. >> david: more union bail-out. this time its tucked inside a spending bill meant for the troops. new plan to unionize more public workers. but e-mac says big labor is wasting big money and doesnt need more hand-out from us, the taxpayers. >> i agree. we have want to help good teachers turning in a solid performance but we are talking about the broad-based union problems, federal union problems. in other words, something like 3 million officia...

Now but when the law goes into effect, if it is not stopped, they will not be able to cover up the abuses and the law officials in arizona have said that. >> i just my feeling is that these poor cops in arizona are getting middled. i watched that training video. theyve got a terrible job ahead of them now to try and enforce it 37 i come back to saying if the federal government were in control of the situation, i dont think arizona would have had to pass such a controversial measure. >> well, i t...

And they would be selling at a very high premium, triple digit interest rates. that he would be selling instant tax returns. so instead of waiting two or three weeks for the irs, these are people so desperate theyll pay the huge premium for their money today or tomorrow. on top of that, by the way, what theyre charging these places for the actual tax preparation is also enormous. a few hundred dollars for a very easy simple tax returns. its a 4 billion business that lasts about a month. >> let m...

The abuses of government and against the abuses of special corporate interests. thats a very activist court but its a very conservative activist court. >> i thought it was interesting because there was a very strange theme the first few days around justice thurgood marshall. you were quite spirited in defense of him. we have a piece of tape id like to roll and get your response to it. >> justice marshalls judicial philosophy, however is not what i would consider to be mainstream. as he once expl...

This is a loser all day long. >> no, its not. go ahead mary katharine. >> lets not talk about it as if president obama didnt politicize it from the beginning either. he came out swinging. all of his administration officials came out swinging without reading all of the 10 page bill i know that was tough for them. they came out with their preconceptions and if they wanted to ratchet down the heat on, this they could have done so before they start the stand off in this case. >> they dont have to su...

This is a loser all day long. >> no, its not. go ahead mary katharine. >> lets not talk about it as if president obama didnt politicize it from the beginning either. he came out swinging. all of his administration officials came out swinging without reading all of the 10 page bill i know that was tough for them. they came out with their preconceptions and if they wanted to ratchet down the heat on, this they could have done so before they start the stand off in this case. >> they dont have to su...

This is a loser all day long. >> no, its not. go ahead mary katharine. >> lets not talk about it as if president obama didnt politicize it from the beginning either. he came out swinging. all of his administration officials came out swinging without reading all of the 10 page bill i know that was tough for them. they came out with their preconceptions and if they wanted to ratchet down the heat on, this they could have done so before they start the stand off in this case. >> they dont have to su...

>> pardon? >> unions as well. >> thats activism. thats something i dont want to see on the court. i want to see a court that will follow legal precedent to expand the rights of the individual against the abuses of power whether it is government or big business or special interest. >> im not a lawyer. i assume in law school theres a definition of activism you might be able to agree on. is it fair to say in supreme court nomination battles in todays time that activism is if youre a conservative th...

Hearing for solicitor general. we didnt quite have as much media attend at last years hearing. why is that? as i prepared for this weeks hearing i have been thinking about the role of the supreme court and the consequence sniewtion our lives. many people may say to paraphrase our vice president, why is this such a big deal? why should i care? does the supreme court really impact my life or my family? if you have children, if you work for a living, if you are a woman, you care about the air we br...