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That sound often like defense. >> right. three cases this term he concurred with the majority but in a very angry way. i agree with the result youve reached but im furious about it. it is interesting. 65% of the cases were unanimous, highest since the 1940s. >> how do you read chief justice roberts method here. >> ill tell you, this is just an opinion, but i think justice roberts is concerned about the reputation of the court. in a world, political world, that we know, where there is so much pol...

Like to go. >> yeah, three cases this term he concurred with the majority but in an angry way. i agree with the result you reached but i am furious about it. its interesting. 65% of the cases this term were unanimous and thats the highest percentage since the 1940s. >> wow. how do you read chief justice roberts method here? >> this is just an opinion. but i think justice roberts is concerned about the representation of the court in a world, a political world, where representation polarization is...

Because gridlock isnt the rule there. gridlock can never be the rule there. court has nine seats. odd number. every time they vote, one side wins and one side loses. what the court says goes. the exhort is the final arbiter. who is allowed under our constitution and what isnt. this is a conservative group. four of the justices clearly on the right and another one, anthony kennedy, isnt quite as conservative but still pretty conservative. this conservative court is the exception to the rule. not ...

We just wrapped up an interview with the man who is determining all of this. his name is ken fineburg. he is a victim compensation expert. he doled out compensation to victims after 9/11, after the bp oil spill. he said there is nothing general motors can do to bring these lives back, to give these people paralyzed the ability to walk again. what theyre doing is laying out what theyre going to pay them. he will be the ultimate arbiter, the decider, judge and jury. we know there will be three cat...

Court. because gridlock isnt the rule there. gridlock can never be the rule there. court has nine seats. odd number. every time they vote, one side wins and one side loses. what the court says goes. the exhort is the final arbiter. who is allowed under our constitution and what isnt. this is a conservative group. four of the justices clearly on the right and another one, anthony kennedy, isnt quite as conservative but still pretty conservative. this conservative court is the exception to the rul...

♪ everybody is very happy >> hes hating every minute of this. >> no, he isnt, hes a politician, loving the attention. >> kimmel said de blasio looked like a counsellor at the worst summer camp ever. kate, maybe you can help out with this because i feel like there might be -- isnt there something in the offing here, my friend? >> what did you guys decide? >> this is mickeys mistake. comes strong with wanting to wager but doesnt follow in what she actually wants. >> no, my friend. >> what did yo...

Under that statute, because fine, ashleigh, that statute allows you, if you are sleep deprived, the statute is death by auto it allows for an inference to be made that you drove wrerecklessly and if you drove recklessly, guess what, youre guilty. >> if he was actually dispatched to work and wasnt given a break for 24 hours, but whos policing your bed, whos the person whos the arbiter of how much shut-eye youre getting unless you freely admit it, and perhaps this man did? it seems to me if youre ...

False statements. the difference this gives government officials the power to decide which false statements they will prosecute and which theyve dont. as a general matter we rely, on public discourse, on answers, by reporters, by opponents, to bring the truth to light. rather than to have government officials to decide who is telling the truth and who is lying. given the power they will abuse it. and prosecute individual whose are criticizing them, not those that are praising them. >> the big th...

Stevens retirement is an enormous loss for the country and particularly for progressives who value his brave and straightforward defense of civil liberties, equal rights and justice overt years. whoever president obama names to the court will be no more liberal than stevens and might possibly be slightly less so." it does speak to the shift of the court that it was a republican who emerged as such a liberal in the context of the court. >> oh, thats absolutely right. there has been a shift in the...

Stevens when he retired. i want to read from some of that. you said "justice john paul stevens retirement is an enormous loss for the country and particularly for progressives who value his brave and straightforward defense of civil liberties, equal rights and justice overt years. whoever president obama names to the court will be no more liberal than stevens and might possibly be slightly less so." it does speak to the shift of the court that it was a republican who emerged as such a liberal in...