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Distinguished legal panel weve been talking about. lets continue our talk on the oral arguments tomorrow. does a family in yemen have any constitutional right to come to the united states? >> no, not necessarily at all. somebody who has not -- has a legal entitlement to be here, cannot use the constitution to protect themselves. theres the issue of standing which is a fancy way of saying, do you have an actual, not a hypothetical dog in this fight. >> you mean the state of washington? >> if if y...

Broad impact on people around the world. but our claim is grounded on the adverse impacts on washingtonians. >> paige, youre shaking your head. >> i think theres more to it. the family the yemen has an argument. there are two things hes raised that limits government action more than it protects people. so while the family in yemen may have a hard time making a due process argument, we can still make an establishment clause automatic, an equal protection argument, because those parts of the const...

Discretion the president has and he does have a lot of discretion, from congress, from the constitution, but he cannot violate some other provision of the constitution. he doesnt have that much discretion. >> we have to take a break. attorney general ferguson, i know you have to go. pres appreciate your time. i know you have a hearing tomorrow. everyone else, well tornaconti this conversation after a quick break. well be right back. mattress firmness? fortunately theres a bed where you both get ...

Their spouses, their cousins work at boeing. it was a good scene. its not an abstract notion of law. the law has a huge impact of the people of this country and thats why upholding the constitution matters so much. >> when president trump tweets out, that the so-called judge is endangering the united states, if theres an attack, he should get the blame, what do you think? what did you think when you saw those tweets? >> you know, where to start, anderson. i guess what i can say is my mother and ...

Couple hours ago, to have a chance to greet folks coming off the planes who had been denied access in the past. these are folks whose spouses are citizens and want to be reunited with their spouses. their cousins work at boeing, graduates of our universities. its a beautiful example of why the law matters. the law has a huge impact on the people of this country and thats why upholding the constitution matters so much. >> so when president trump tweets that this so-called judge is endangering ame...

Youve described who are coming to work, or to reunite with relatives while eliminating the injunction as it applies to people who are outside the country, have never been in the country and probably have no constitutional right to come into the country. would you be prepared to sit down with the government and try to negotiate a compromise along those lines? >> thanks to that question, proffer. y -- professor. >> the briefing has been excellent. those attorneys are well known to me and are doing...

Religion? >> explain what the establishment clause is? >> the first member of the constitution. the united states is denominationly neutral, we dont advocate a religion and we dont prefer one. section five of the executive order talks about being able to give a preference to entry into the country if you are from a minority religion. the debate between those two things is, listen, im saying, any minority religion -- thats what trump is saying, im not saying which one. thats kind of a semantic sp...

Religion? there are two separate issues. >> explain what the establishment clause is. >> the first amendment of the constitution. it says the united states is denominationally neutral. we dont advocate a religion and we dont prefer one. section five of the executive order talks about being able to give a preference to entry into the country if you are from a minority religion. the debate between those two things is, listen, im saying, any minority religion -- thats what trump is saying, im not s...

Hold onfully night. the appeals court handling that case, received final written arguments from the justice department on restoring it, and they scheduled it for tomorrow. pamela brown joins us now. what are the governments main arguments to lift the judges temporary halt of the travel ban? >> the district judge who issued this injunction was wrong and overstepped his bounds. the department of justice lawyers argued in the brief filed just tonight that the courts sweeping nationwide injunction i...

Of washingtonians. >> i saw you shaking your head. >> i think theres more to it than that, the family in yemen has an argument, there are two constitutional arguments the attorney general has raised. it protects action rather than people.family in yemen may have a hard time making a due process argument, we can make an establishment clause argument, an equal protection argument, because those parts of the constitution apply to everyone. and they limit government -- >> no, they dont. >> they do n...