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Concerns came up with obama care, it is the law of the land and it cannot be changed. take a look. >> the fact is, it is the law of the land. >> i think it is very exciting. can you imagine being there when social security first came in to affect or medicare when it was the law of the land. nobama care is the law of the land. >> addiction equity is the law of the land. >> affordable care act went through every single democratic process. it is the law of the land. >> boy, it is the law of the lan...

Concerns came up with obama care, it is the law of the land and it cannot be changed. take a look. >> the fact is, it is the law of the land. >> i think it is very exciting. can you imagine being there when social security first came in to affect or medicare when it was the law of the land. nobama care is the law of the land. >> addiction equity is the law of the land. >> affordable care act went through every single democratic process. it is the law of the land. >> boy, it is the law of the lan...

Time in history is not able to pay all of its bills, the forecast is for financial fallout, worse than the collapse of lehman brothers. fact: forecasts are often wrong. but is it a risk worth taking? and thats your money that they are risking. never forget that. fareed zakaria. is there something wrong with our system that this is happening again, three years of this budget stalemating? >> its a good question. because look, lets be honest. the american system is designed to allow for easy gridlo...

>> well, they say delay for a year -- >> let me ask you a question, the affordable care act, that was one thing. they realize that they could not -- they tried to defeat it when we got it through the house and the senate. and then had it signed by the president and affirmed by the supreme court. so they couldnt get their way that way through the regular democratic process. so then they said okay, lets shut down the government. well, they shut down the government. now, they say were going to thre...

About chris christie in a second. he obviously starting to act like a presidential candidate. >> yep. >> by darting left and right and right and left. i want to ask you generally about egypt. we -- everybody that we have on the show agrees, were in a mess. dr. brzezinski was on a couple days ago, saying that we had to be realists, we had to be tough, that we had to pick a side and stick with that side and better pick the side that wins. we had jeffrey sachs on earlier today saying weve completel...

Country. secondly, we have been sending them the money and, thirdly, we can print the money. so i think we have to deal with the reality that were in this mess. weve been giving them the money. the egyptian army has been an ally of ours. so i would say give them the money, but make sure that its conditional upon them instituting a democratic process. and if they dont continue to do that, then we take the money away. here in america, we have an energy boom going on. and soon that will translate f...

Automatic file that would cover up 80% of taxpayers. and republicans and conservatives kill it every time because they want more than anything complexity and they want people to feel frustrated and angry. >> the finance committee, we used to have hearings every april about how complex filing was. we had experts come in who filled out their own tax returns tell us how long it would take them, 28 hours. and we would say, okay, heres our solution to that. we can do it this way. no movement from -- ...

High-profile politicians coming out in favor of it? >> well, i think what john roberts was asking was a really fascinating question because currently gay marriage activists are claiming that they are politically powerless and thats when we have to strike down the defense of marriage act and proposition 8 whereas what the chief justice is saying that actually gays and lesbians are politically powerful. the president supports them, the democratic party platform supports them. the idea that we need...

Supreme court said that they were lacking inadequate power and found that the equal protection clause should deal with gender discrimination. so thats an important factor. the court hasnt really elevated discrimination based on sexual orientation to some higher level that gets extra protection under the equal protection clause and thats one of the critical questions here, is will the court do that. >> tomorrow mahomas, what were to say? >> i was going to ask steve to make that exact point, what ...

On both sides of the ideological divide believe it is sort of a last resort for the elected, unaccountable supreme court to protect the process. they only want to step in if there is absolutely no doubt that a law violates the constitution. so that -- that rhetoric of letting the democratic process go forward is something you hear a lot in the supreme court. you heard it today. but also you heard the solicitor general saying sure, the democratic process is right, but when it violates peoples rig...