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President trump, the fifth circuit struck down the individual mandate. the controversial part of the law that required individuals to buy insurance. >> molly: then upheld on appeal. then there is a gop led suit arguing the whole thing should be scrapped. is that one to watch? we just need to look at the variety of potential lawsuits that could come. >> i think this lawsuit is important for the constitutional principle that it sets up. it is important to look at the background of this case. in 20...

Dershowitz, chasing at the bit to respond. the obama administration charged with breaking the bank when it comes to obama care and the federal budget. professor, youre on. >> number one, health care is the best thing thats happened to this country during my adult life. to finally, finally, were becoming a first world country. when it comes to telling people that theres not going to be pre-existing conditions that will disqualify them, that theyre not going to have to give up personal doctors if ...

To respond. the obama administration charged with breaking the bank when it comes to obama care and the federal budget. professor, youre on. >> number one, health care is the best thing thats happened to this country during my adult life. to finally, finally, were becoming a first world country. when it comes to telling people that theres not going to be pre-existing conditions that will disqualify them, that theyre not going to have to give up personal doctors if they want to pay for them, but ...

Bottom line. on the other hand he appeared to new limits on what congress can regulate under the guys of the commerce laws. he set new limits on what the federal government can mandate the state has to do. in terms of the long-term constitutional implications how do you read the roberts rule? >> i think it will be so tough for any one who wants to pass a similar program under the similar argument. it will be a tough time. this is not going to be an easy opinion for anybody who sites you. a lot o...

Lawyer, federal power. whose right is it to determine our immigration policy, the federal government or the state thats on the border thats trying to stave off more illegal immigrants coming in. >> peter: great, great question. the state of arizona and other states across the country saying listen, were enforcing the law. and youve paid, federal government in the past, to enforce the federal law and enforcing the immigration issues. and some people expect the obama administration to say, listen,...

What would be an unprecedented >> it is an unprecedented and extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically old elected congress. >> ought president was talking about matters like this, that involved the commerce laws and involved congress passing throwing deal with issues of national economic importance. >> president obama taking on the supreme court overtime review of health care reform, and, then, white house spokesman carney having to walk ba...

What they will follow in the end is whether or not the law is upheld, whether or not the mandates to purchase health insurance, least popular part of the law, a part president obama ran against in his campaign. use it to differentiate himself from hillary clinton. they will know that the law is either constitutional or not. they will know what the supreme court decides this summer. >> specifically, that section of the commerce laws gives congress the capacity to raise excises, to institute excis...

>> shannon: we heard that the supreme court is going to take up some of the legal challenges to the presidents healthcare law. you believe that congress went way beyond its powers as enumber rated in the commerce laws. do you think the justices ultimately, at least five of them will fall to your way of thinking? >> i certainly think they should and my hunch although it is difficult and dangerous to predict what the supreme court might do, i think they will. i think they have to. lets think about...

Insurance. but secondly texas is a florida. the 230 state case in florida which by the way is a footnote geraldo. expect to see the number of states involved in the lawsuit to expands on a go forward basis touch that by the time its all over with you should have more than half of the states in this country fueling the government. >> they are dominated by republican state legislators just as state houses just isnt assigned. >> going back to your point that is it in the case texas is a part of flo...

But secondly texas is a florida. the 230 state case in florida which by the way is a footnote geraldo. expect to see the number of states involved in the lawsuit to expands on a go forward basis touch that by the time its all over with you should have more than half of the states in this country fueling the government. >> they are dominated by republican state legislators just as state houses just isnt assigned. >> going back to your point that is it in the case texas is a part of florida, we ha...