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Can harm people, its problematic. the larger issue are those products that emanate from elsewhere that we dont have jurisdiction over, and thats the major issue thats involved here, ashleigh. >> and if that is the issue, effectively, this young woman, think her product came from brazil. >> it was postmarked brazil, yes. >> no recourse, no civil action that she can launch that she can never collect upon anyway. criminally speaking, whats america going to do? >> she really has no remedy at all. th...

Be able to do that if theyre going to face criminal penalties. in the 1960s, a case says any criminal defendant has to be competent to withstand trial. you never hear it discussed in juvenile hearings but they go to jail like everybody else -- >> why cant parents stand beside them to at least offer that guidance and say im here as the guide for this person? >> probably permitted. remember, most juvenile proceedings are done in secrecy and nobody knows whats going on in there. >> in front of a ju...

Ruling? this is always step one, it doesnt get much coverage, but if youre a defendant, you have to be able to understand the charges against you and you have to be able to assist your defense. thats a simple bar. how can a 12-year-old meet that bar at all? because they do it all the time. >> its a fabulous point. you could look to all types of laws. theres a reason why minors are treated differently than adults, right, theres a reason why when youre a minor, you know, certain things may apply. ...

In a juvenile proceeding. >> by the way, it comes u in other types of issues as well. im sure pauls had many cases where theyre witnesses in proceedings and for them to be witnesses they have to know between right and wrong. >> i tried a murder case where the chief witness in the case was a 7-year-old. >> i have covered a 7-year-old who actually wound up putting his mother away in a drowning case -- >> and somebody went to prison base on the testimony -- >> the 7-year-old i cover had completely ...

They are asking the courts to do their heavy lifting for them. a classic case of assuming the pose of meaningful action while doing nothing. mieblgle, let me start with you. you hears this is way too much from one end and whoa, this isnt far must have from the other end. my anti-depressant on the situation and i said it yesterday. my read is that john boehner and this is the story of his term as speaker of the house. he knowses hes at the mercy of the tea party right. at the same time he has dec...

They are asking the courts to do their heavy lifting for them. a classic case of assuming the pose of meaningful action while doing nothing. mieblgle, let me start with you. you hears this is way too much from one end and whoa, this isnt far must have from the other end. my anti-depressant on the situation and i said it yesterday. my read is that john boehner and this is the story of his term as speaker of the house. he knowses hes at the mercy of the tea party right. at the same time he has dec...

If for this, the president of the united states needs to go to congress, this is changing our conception of executive power over the last 30 or 40 years, its been settled by both parties that because of the nature of americas responsibilities in the war, the president does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was presiden...

Its been settled by both parties that because of the nature of americas responsibilities in the war, the president does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was president, gadhafi was accused of bombing a disco tech in germany, killing american soldiers. he sent planes in to tripoli or whatever, killed a bunch of people, ...

President does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was president, gadhafi was accused of bombing a disco tech in germany, killing american soldiers. he sent planes in to tripoli or whatever, killed a bunch of people, including relatives of gadhafi. >> president clinton bombed iraq for a few days. that was a classic case,...

>> when this seems like such a no-brainer when we look at the problems plaguing this country, innovation, progress, education, why is this an issue? >> because i think its a classic and i like this sort of this as a democrat. classic case of where should government be involved and not. a lot of republican colleagues dont think the government should help middle-class families put their kids through college. willing to put loans out there only if the government makes money or breaks even. we feel ...