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>> which is more cruel and unusual? one of the most influential appellate courts erupted in public disagreement over one of the most difficult issues of our time, homelessness. having recently decided matters of affirmative action, student loans and adoption, on top of last years rulings concerning abortion, guns, religion and climate change, scotus might soon have the final word here, too. at issue, ordinances in grants pass, oregon, which would impose fines on homeless people for enc...

more history will also be made in the high court in minutes. judge ketanji brown jackson will be sworn in as the first black female justice on the supreme court. she will take the oath just after justice stephen breyer officially retires. lets start with cnns jessica schneider. she is live at the supreme court for us this hour. quite a way to round out the term. >> reporter: absolutely. two big decisions from the supreme court. first in that 6-3 decision the supreme court really restri...

Saying, oh, no, never mind that, youre fired. To be clear to the viewers, we dont have the reporting confirmed that youre sharing with us. But thats obviously something were trying to get information, answers to the white house, the Justice Department not commenting specifically on this firing. But lets talk a little bit more about bharara, his role here in new york, and really when it comes to litigation on such a large scale that impacts the country. He was not necessarily in just a routine po...

Across the midwest. Lawlessness of the and they havent stopped. Administration. To the court of Public Opinion and the political were live in oklahoma. Reality of impeachment or even and nbc news exclusive. An Impeachment Inquiry, wen we documents revealing thousands of were talking about this a short migrants detained by i. C. E. Were time ago. Theres a big article in the force good Solitary Confinement New York Times. They talk to folks, people who not for breaking the rules but for being gay,...

>> the two who wrote the majority opinion, the two clinton appointees, they say this is being mischaracterized. were simply saying you need to have a bed for someone before you go and criminalize their behavior. if you dont have the beds, then youre limited. >> what the ninth circuit has held in these decisions actually is that the cities cant prohibit anyone from camping in public until there are enough shelter beds for everyone. again, no other court has adopted this sweeping view of the eight...

Robe, hes retiring at 83. judge jackson is 51 and the the first black woman to be seated in the supreme court in its 233-year history. so that is very big. you know, justice briar is the end of the president clinton appointees. he comes from a different era, much less polarized. he stayed this year thinking he could have an impact, and all these cases weve been talking about over the last ten days, including abortion rights and the second amendment, and he found himself continually in dissent. s...

On an expedited basis. i would submit as a long-time lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, there are reagan appointees, bush one appointees, bush two appointees who were every bit as offended by the characterization of this judge as an obama judge as there are clinton appointees and obama appointees. that is simply the kind of comment by the president that serves only to undermine the rule of law and cause people to lose faith in the justice system. this is a federal judge, calling it like he see...

What about the notion of this guy, when he gets to the supreme court, could be handed the case of the trump presidency, in effect, pulling himself out of the case, recusing himself from that case. >> a few things. first of all, he said that in 2009 on the bench. ten years before that, he didnt have any trouble with the distractions that he bedeviled president clinton with it. >> worked with ken starr. >> then saw better of it, and says the president should not be subject to this. he says congres...

Make things known to the press beforehand. >> there was this committee that i serve that has clinton appointees, dnc appointees. there are going to be votes on this commission and its going to the full dnc, and i hope tom perez and other leaders in the democratic party will support that. in terms of the debates, the truth of the matter is, as you know, more debates benefit some candidates, less debates benefits others. maybe the dnc shouldnt be in the debate business at all. maybe the media and ...

Clarified what he was talking about is the islamic terrorist groups and the countries that shelter or sponsor them. >> shannon: arguing in favor of president trumps second try at a travel ban. they took up the case and looking at his promises as a candidate to ban muslims. it affects travelers from six mostly muslim nations. guy benson. some of the federal courts allow you to have a camera. we know about the three judges, clinton appointees who heard the case yesterday and seemed skeptical and r...