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This is not a treaty. what is your reaction to how they have handled it and what options they may have available to them? at this point? >> were going to have a conga line of senate republicans and house republicans decrying this deal. when they knew this deal was going to be a disaster from the leaks from the iranians. what they did is they surrendered their treaty power under the constitution, article 2, section 2, clause 2 to obama. so now rather than needing 2/3 of the senators present to ra...

Precise, if you will. i mean, there was a deliberate case where in fact, the courts found that he violated the constitution. >> wisconsin sheriff has a message for milwaukee residents, get your guns. in a new radio ad urging people to fight back against criminals saying, calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option. sheriff clark joins us. nice to see you, sheriff. >> good to see you, greta. >> greta: so, sheriff, what provoked this ad? >> well, first of all, i have a duty and a respons...

Our greatest presidents, then barack obama on mt. rushmore. >> to be clear, i dont think we should give up on everything in the constitution. the constitution has many important and inspiring professions, but we should obey these because theyre important and inspiring not because a bunch of people long dead favored them two centuries ago. >> in other words, we should pick and choose what provisions of the constitution we should follow. by the way, who gets a choose and we should just ignore the ...

>> greta: the obama administration not happy with the ruling from the d.c. circuit saying that the presidents appointments are unconstitutional during that pro forma recess. >> well, thats right. i mean, it it said the president made recess appointments the time the senate wasnt in recess and according to article 2, section 2 of the constitution, you cant do that. >> greta: why did it take so long for it to be challenged? i think thats happened a number of times before. >> it it has, but when th...

How worried are you that president obamas gun control plan threatens the second amendment rights of every law abiding american? >> well, i think a lot of people are. especially after what happened last week. with respect to the-- the d.c. circuit court of appeals, found that operated unconstitutionally with the violation of the constitution on his recess appointments to the national labor relations board. a year ago he put three people on the board claiming that the senate was in recess and that...

About restraining an imperial presidency or then a king. >> greta: would not president not have been able to get the appointments through with the democratic senate? what was the problem with the the appointment he had to go to the appointment process? >> well, i dont know what his thinking was, but he has a bad habit of forgets theres a united states senate. the constitution says there are 1100 positions like secretary of state and member of the national labor relations board that require advis...

We did in court ap they agreed with us. >> greta: what is pro forma session was as opposed to a recess. >> that wasnt important. what the contract-- lets say youre he a 10th grader taking american history and read the constitution, article 2, section 2. says the president may make recess appointments only during the recess if the vacancy happens during the recess and if you go back to the founding of the country when you took carriages and horse toss washington, it was created for a time when se...

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