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In march, in fact, the day before Super Tuesday, how do you think this is going over for the former president and his team now . That could force him to lose a critical election window determining who the nominee is. For the disgraced, fourtime indicted expresident. Had to count there. Laura they are ready to upon po, they have a glow, they are expecting trumps legal woes will deliver a surprise next year. This handicaps donald trump, hurts donald trump. This likely emboldened incumbent joe bide...

America. >> there is question, how do you contain donald trump. >> she could revoke his bail and put him under house arrest. >> laura: house arrest, even that is not good enough for the viepers. salon describe trump under house arrest and trump being deprived of his phone is somewhat unsatisfying. it gets worse. amanda marcot says it is better for everyone if trump loses freedom from these threatening antics. better for almost everyone for trump to be in prison, not be able to speak? certainly t...

The -- the government says they have to fill out a form or write a letter saying they dont want to do it. then the insurance company will turn around and offer them the benefit directly, not through their employer. so they get it one way or another. its just through a little paperwork and the employer is not the person paying for it. i assume, though i dont know for certain yet, that the hhs is probably going to just expand that exemption to cover any corporations that dont want to cover it. >> ...

Say, theres no other narrowly tailored, to use the legal phrase, way to solve the problem that the government is attacking. >> i think thatll make a lot of people feel better. i appreciate the clarification. tom goldstein and amanda marcot, thank you both for being here. up next, israel launches air strikes against hamas after the bodies of three kidnapped teens are found, and its making a bad situation in the middle east even worse. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside ...

Of closely held corporations whose owners basically operate the business. thats not as radical a decision as some people think. >> so tom, that argument means that as long as theres some alternate means for women to get access to contraception that doesnt cost them any more, is this decision really as radical as a lot of people are portraying it as? >> well, that is a solution for the question of contraception care and other kinds of insurance that maybe some employer doesnt want to provide. but...

No other way out, and therefore you dont get a religious exemption. thats very likely how those cases would be resolved. but its going to employ a lot of lawyers in the meantime. >> yeah, absolutely. the other point you made that was really interesting, amanda, is essentially the decision, because they tried to argue that its narrow, sort of exposed the court, as you said, of sex-obsessed busy bodies. they only want to focus on contraceptives and the unprotected sex they imply, but that essentia...

Work for around 44 for-profit corporations and more than 40 nonprofits who have already filed suit against the aca, making hobby lobbys exemption argument. their coverage could be in jeopardy too. so the question is, when we get right down to it, is this ruling really as narrow as justice samuel alito says it is? joining me now, tom goldstein and amanda marcot, a contributor for slate. amanda, since youre sitting here with me, i want to go to you first. you write in your piece thats up today on ...