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Of the main arguments you and others have made for the program is that by providing people with legal defense it gets people out of detention. they can fight their cases from outside of detention. the government is not spending money on detention. you know, being detained is a barrier to stopping your deportation. so getting out of at tof detent helps stop the deportation. this representation doesnt fwarn tea that peopguarantee thl be allowed to stay here. >> just like having a public defender d...

Case. you should have a puffer zone for funerals and theres a buffer zone at the supreme court. so its interesting. >> be and i want to point out, you were saying -- i think those of us who have done the escort work, the signs and the posters and the screening but i was almost more appalled by roberts discussion of this sidewalk counseling in part because of the paternalism and in part also because presumes that women who do seek abortion dont know what is happening in their bodies when, in fact...

By removing the buffer zone for the most part? that generated a lot of talk in the newsroom, thats for sure. >> yeah. and i think it is important to note it was actually a pretty narrow decision. there were four justices on the conservative side on the supreme court, not including the chief justice who said in that case these buffer zones should not be allowed in general. five other justices narrowed the decision by saying while massachusettss buffer zones are too restrictive, other ones could i...

Charges in the 1880s but never killed. meanwhile, we had eight doctors, workers, providers, escorts killed since 1993. and so you have this history that says, look, to me its reasonable to say 35 lousy feet away. but, you know, these are folks going into a clinic to receive a stigmatized type of health care. they are women who dont have the private doctors that you were mentioning. it just exposes them in a way that people who do have more advantages in life dont, and thats fundamentally unjust ...

Court tried to -- make a distinction between harassment on one hand and so-called counseling on the other. keep in mind the supreme court, itself, is public property and nonetheless, it does, indeed, have a buffer zone. in fact, look carefully at this aerial photo courtesy of naral pro-choice massachusetts comparing the supreme court buffer zone which is rather large to the buffer zone that the supreme court unanimously struck down. the black line encompassing the entire plaza in front of the su...

Families at the granite mountain hot shots killed in the yarnell fire are suing california. how 19 lives were lost along with damages. the families offered to settle for more than $220 million, but their attorney says the state wasnt willing to talk openly about the fire. advocates for abortion patients are vowing a fight after the supreme court struck down a law creating a 35 foot buffer zone around clinics. lawmakers say it was to limit harassment. the 2007 law violates free speech. they wil...

Underneath is a 35 foot buffer zone the court struck down today. 35 feet. thats all. anyone wants to get into the clinic still has to pass whoever gathered outside the buffer zone to protest. you cant go up to the supreme courts doorstep, not even for so-called quiet persuasion or counseling. you cant tap, tap on the windows of the justices car door windows like protesters routinely do to women trying to access clinics. you cant go up to the justice every day with a bunch of people and say somet...

>> reporter: americans opposed to abortion are allowed to pray and protest outside abortion clinics. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: in massachusetts they have to do it behind a yellow line, because of a 2007 that drew a 35-foot buffer zone inside which any kind of prayer, protest or conversation about abortion was effectively forbidden. the supreme court unanimously said massachusetts went too far. chief justice john roberts, joined by the courts liberals including the three women justices wrote...

Door windows like protesters routinely do to women trying to access clinics. you cant go up to the justice every day with wa bunch of people and say something like, may i take a moment to talk to you about your majority opinion in citizens united? court says safety concerns for health clinics are protected other laws. in a 2013 survey, the national abortion federation found nearly 90% had patient who were concerned about their safety. more than 80% called law enforcement because of concerns abou...

Involved, i think you have this other problem which is, you know, are you really going to sue about the fact that youve obstructed everything the president has done? >> right. right. >> it seems like not the smartest tactical move, either. >> dahlia lithwick from slate.com. read her piece on todays buffer zone decision which is up now which were going to talk about in a moment. thanks so much. overreach is not just for the executive branch. supreme court today unanimously struck down a massach...