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Heres what he tells fellow tea partiers about brown. >> never met a tax he didnt hike. never met a regulation he didnt like. thinks the constitution is a living, breathing document. tramples on our freedoms, says the government is the engine of job creation. >> mandel says hes against tarp and hes against the automobile loan rescue. but when the editorial board of the cleveland dealer pressed him for specifics on job creation and health care reform he said, i think theres some issues that id lik...

I really believe this. if i could protect myself these gang bangers are looking for an opportunity. if they think you can fight back it will stop the violence. let me have a gun. let good people have guns and the violence will stop. >> it is a wonderful thought but the studies dont prove that out. the fact is we have to look at the violence and the culture. the fact is january 8, 2011 gabby giffords was shot. you can have your guns. i dont have one but if you want it you got it no problem. the c...

The attorney general said he was concerned about what the nypd was doing which was clearly within the law and the department of justice has backed off on that, wisely. but you look at the context. and then the definitional aspect. the definition is the problem. i dont believe, and i agree the president can get away with this because, number one, you have a congress, you have an active media, thats why we are here tonight. but you have to ask yourself why this overly broad definition of national ...

The attorney general said he was concerned about what the nypd was doing which was clearly within the law and the department of justice has backed off on that, wisely. but you look at the context. and then the definitional aspect. the definition is the problem. i dont believe, and i agree the president can get away with this because, number one, you have a congress, you have an active media, thats why we are here tonight. but you have to ask yourself why this overly broad definition of national ...

Sharia law. this is justice of the supreme court of united states? >> and ten commandments. these are documents that have stood the test of time for a reason. the bible, couple thousand years now you are talking about the constitution that only a few hundred years old. its not like its arcane. >> i mean, look. there is no reason to changing but what were seeing, divergence of philosophy about the constitution. roosevelt tried to do things but it evolved over time. there is a divergence over the ...

There is no reason to changing but what were seeing, divergence of philosophy about the constitution. roosevelt tried to do things but it evolved over time. there is a divergence over the constitution. im not surprised justice ginsberg. we know that judicial philosophy because of liberal and how they see the document. it evolves. >> sean: a living, breathing document, but its not. >> we can argue its constant work in progress and it should be. it allowed slavery. >> that wasnt in the constitutio...

Expression. but i will tell you today, that is breathing document is in pain. we could have had a hearing that spoke about any number of issues of terrorism. we might have gone back to the cold cases of the civil rights movement, acts of terror. we might have tried to moments and acts of terror and understand why the klansman still terrorize individuals in parts of this country. maybe we would have found out what those who oppose the jewish faith are doing to jewish communities and synagogues, n...

>> already been tainted. there are no loud sounds of reasoning that are coming through this hearing. the reason is, because its already been classified as an effort to demonize and to castigate a whole broad base of human beings. i cannot stand for that. >> reporter: jackson lee went on to hold up a copy of the constitution and said that the breathing document be in name. melvin bledsoe testified about how his son grew up a happy, all-american kid and went to college and underwent an astonishing...

>> theconstitution is a living and breathing document. the first amendment allowses -- the freedom of religion, the freedom of association, and expression. but i will tell you today that this breathing document is in pain. we could have had a hearing that spoke about any number of issues of terrorism. you might have gone back to the cold cases of the civil rights movement, acts of terror. you might have tried to understand where the klansmen still roam today and terrorize individuals in parts of...

Constitution as a living, breathing document that needs to modify over time. >> bill: not modify. it needs to change over time. because now that we have freedom in america, which we do now we have to go beyond that we are not threatened by the king of england anymore. we have to be a more fair and just country. this is what worries me. because once you get into that, the constitution as written doesnt matter anymore. its what they want to happen and then you are in a political realm. >> here is ...