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Routinely do to women trying to access clinics. you cant go up to the justice every day with a 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 about safety, access, or criminal ...

It could psoriatic arthritis a chronic inflammatory disease that attacks your joints on the inside and your skin on the outside. if youve been hit by... find out more about psoriatic arthritis. take the symptom quiz at doublewhammy.com and talk to your doctor. in a unanimous, yes, unanimous opinion, the supreme court today struck down a massachusetts law that set up a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. in his opinion citing infringement on the first amendment, chief justice john robe...

Still be valid. >> irin, i want to bring you in. we want to talk more about the buffer zones. is this a surprising ruling to you or did you expect something like this to come down from the supreme court? >> this is what advocates for abortion rights expected. there was no split of the circuits. this was a law that did not seem to be substantially different. what the court hasnt done is issuer a broader ruling. they said this law is too broad. massachusetts needs to try a less-intrusive means of ...

The christmas holiday or the summer vacation or whatever. having what they call proforma sessions where they gavel it to order. a new seconds later, gavel into recess. and they say that shows that the recesses are only lasting, like, two or three days and the supreme court said thats going to work. that a recess has to last at least ten days for a president to be able to use the recess appointment power. so, for all practical purposes, while its not formally dead, its practically dead. >> yeah, ...

These reproductive clinics that perform abortions but the state has to go back to the drawing board and could possibly craft a new buffer zone thats perhaps less restrictive, less excessive. carol? >> pamela brown, thanks so much. do we have jonathan turley. jonathan turley, a constitutional expert. jonathan, does this mean that a protester at an abortion clinic can now walk right up to the door and talk to women as they go in? >> well, in terms of talking, i think there is a legitimate claim fo...

Itself has no problem reconciling free speech and keeping it own protesters away. turns out the court has a huge buffer zone around its own building. you can see it there in yellow. i would like to hear from the justices why its okay to have that buffer zone for them but not one around clinics when women may be making the most personal of decisions. umatologit umatologit about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. t...

Whats the point of having the service even be legal if you cant get to it? >> there are a lot of ironies in this case. national organization for women has called on chief justice roberts to remove his own buffer zone. apparently he has one. their statement says "the roberts courts disregard for womens safety is made even worse by the courts hypocrisy in maintaining its own 100 foot buffer zone which the chief justice has defended as necessary to preserve proper order and decorum in the vicinity ...

Chaos and dysfunction. >> among other things. just a smaller buffer zone, maybe a big step toward making it possible or legal in the eyes of the supreme court. jeffery toobin, pamela brown, great to have you with us. this has implications not just for this president but the presidency in general. iowa senator chuck grassley hailed the supreme court ruling, a republican. he said the justices reigned in lawlessness by president obama. >> lets bring our white house correspondent michele kosinski. g...

By the supreme court. >> we have seen a series of unanimous decisions from a divided court. it does reflect how outside the lines these laws are. the law was criticized by many in the free speech community as being way outside the lines. the supreme court a few years ago approved a buffer zone, but the massachusetts legislators went further and extended this beyond 30 feet. in doing so, they lost even their usual supporters like justice kagan who says this is a lot of space for a no-speech zone....

Have the competing interests here. the reason these buffer zones were set up is that there have been histories, instances of violence. people sometimes do feel afraid and intimidated. how broad is this ruling? does it go beyond massachusetts? is this something thats applicable beyond their specific law? or is this something that could actually jeopardize the idea of buffer zones outside of massachusetts? >> reporter: by the reasoning of the court, itself, it certainly applies to massachusetts, a...