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>> the convention managed to avoid potentially embarrassing roll call on third voice vote. to say it was a foregone conclusion is understatement. they were prewritten on the teleprompter. >> in the opinion of the chair, two-third voted in the affirmative. the motion is adopted. we learned more about how the jerusalem language was dropped in the first place. when the plank was drafted it was written to reflect presidents official policy that jerusalem is matter for final status negotiations. the ...

We dont know why he switched. he may have been focused solely on the law but that is not what some colleagues believe. >> joining me now jonathan truly, a constitutional law professor at george washington university. i always thought that justices changing sides during deliberations was not that uncommon. >> well, youre correct. in fact, chief justices can game the system because theyre always the most senior justice, they can essentially take control of the drafting process. what i think is dif...

In tomorrow. after the justices have the vote, they are going to sign the majority opinion and the justice and his clerks will work away on it. if that opinion isnt something that the other justices want to join, there can be movement on which justices go which way. >> greta: hypothetical, its 5-4 tomorrow and the chief justice is in the majority, he decides who will write the opinion? >> thats correct. >> greta: lets assume, he is not in the majority, who will decide who writes the opinion. >> ...

>> sure. >> 3 out of 5 voters in florida said they wanted a different candidate. and the fact is that theres going to be more than just two choices. this week in the last 72 hours, the americans elect platform just opened up their drafting process and 52 candidates have been drafted, including chuck hagel, mike bloomberg, jon huntsman, condoleezza rice, and wait for it, joe scarborough. >> there you go. there you go. >> for what? >> and here you stay. >> my ear. >> thanks for that, mark. now bac...

And doing something a little different. judge hardiman went to notre dame, first-person and his family to graduate from college. helped put himself through school by driving a taxi. what is interesting is looking back over his confirmation hearing from his earlier post on the federal bench back in 2003 when he was testifying about his qualifications come he talked about some of his most memorable and important work he had ever done was pro bono work for people who had come to the country without...

1,060 lawful permanent residents of the united states as well as an additional 75 waivers granted to immigrant visa and nonimmigrant visa holders. to make sure everyone understands how the process is working today, lawful permanent residents and special immigrant visa holders are allowed to board their flights foreign and will be proelse issed for a waiver upon arrival. again weve done that over 1,000 times so far in this three days of implementation. secondly, immigrant visa holders and nonimmi...

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