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Possible suspects. jenna: well, a stunning new claim from house intel committee chairman mike rogers who says the reason the investigation into the benghazi terror attacks appears stalled is because the obama administration wants to treat it like a criminal proceeding and bring all of the accused into a federal courtroom. catherine herridge is live in washington with more on this story. so, run, whats the latest on this? >> reporter: well, jenna, good morning. the head of the house intelligence ...

It is basically two thirds plus one of the 115 elect terrors. if nobody reaches that mark on the first ballot theyll do it again on wednesday. two votes in the morning. two votes in the afternoon. theyll repeat that process thursday and friday. and if at the end of friday there is still no one whos gotten that 77-vote number, they will take a day off and then resume voting again on sunday. >> all right. anne thompson, thank you very much for your latest from the vatican and see what happens begi...

Surface. you mentioned that you actually met for lunch with a supreme court justice as part of your research. that you sang with him. >> did i. i managed to say who would be on the face of the planet the person most amenable to a page one rewrite of the constitution. that would be justice scalia, who has devoted himself to every word of the constitution. we had a lovely lunch and a lovely salad at the gallery. >> did you have any alcohol as part of that? >> no. it wasnt breakfast. he did enjoy, ...

This court will recognize that and not take that step. >> lets bring in chris stirewalt, host of "power play" every day on foxnews.com live. chris, the line that got a lot of our attention, all of us listening to the speech, was this reference to an unelected group of people overturning a duly-passed law. but as i recall from article iii, we do have a judicial branch. >> well, there is that, shannon. the framers did put that in there. now, thats tough talk from the president. that is laying down...

Theyve done that on many occasions. >> professor turley, in a blog post today, you write, "it is the very definition of demagogue to dangle out the image of judges being clapped in irons to satisfy citizens angry over decisions by judges. article iii is designed to guarantee independence from people like gingrich so that judges can rule in favor of the constitution, and yes, at times, take positions disliked by the majority." i think you went on to say, other than that, its fine with you. im jok...

The very definition of demagogue to dangle out the image of judges being clapped in irons to satisfy citizens angry over decisions by judges. article iii is designed to guarantee independence from people like gingrich so that judges can rule in favor of the constitution, and yes, at times, take positions disliked by the majority." i think you went on to say, other than that, its fine with you. im joking. respond, if you would, to congressman watts. >> well, theres a great deal wrong with this. i...

Theyve done that on many occasions. >> professor turley, in a blog post today, you write, "it is the very definition of demagoguing to dangle out the image of judges being clapped in irons to satisfy citizens angry over decisions by judges. article iii is designed to guarantee independence from people like gingrich so that judges can rule in favor of the constitution, and yes, at times, take positions disliked by the majority." i think you went on to say, other than that, its fine with you. im j...

Commissions in lieu of article iii trials. in other words, restore us to the state of the rule of law pre 9/11. so if you agree that 9/11 not, in fact, an existentialing threat that meant we hid all to our legal systems away and created new ones, now a good time to reinstate the legal regimes we had hid away and say, okay this is symbolic and to a ten-year period of temporary legal insanity and lets go become to the way things were and pretend it never happened at all. >> well, that would be goi...

Of a legal and transparent process in the announcement yesterday at the white house, we reaffirmed our commitment to pursue cases through article iii courts as well as through military commissions. >> bret: nearly three years after the ohio campaign stop by candidate obama, the guantanamo bay detention facility is not closed. the obama administration endorsed and embraced the bush era policy of indefinite detention for detainees who are threats. and cant be prosecuted because of insufficient evi...

Of a legal and transparent process in the announcement yesterday at the white house, we reaffirmed our commitment to pursue cases through article iii courts as well as through military commissions. >> bret: nearly three years after the ohio campaign stop by candidate obama, the guantanamo bay detention facility is not closed. the obama administration endorsed and embraced the bush era policy of indefinite detention for detainees who are threats. and cant be prosecuted because of insufficient evi...