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General because you dont like the outcome of the election. we came up with a standard that you should only filibuster in extraordinary circumstances, which i think is consistent with what hamilton had in mind in terms of the role of the senate. you expect a republican nominee or republican president to pick someone different than a democrat president because thats what the campaigns are all about. qualified judges, and i believe that sotomayor and kagan were well within the reasonable mainstream...

As lot of political problems. these closely held cop operations are the group were focused on them. theres a lot of them. keeping it in perspective. 90% of women are working for corporations that give the full range of contraceptive protection. that percentage will go up but its not going to go up to a huge extent. >> okay. you reference the opinion we got last week from the court, 9-0. not a 5-4 split telling the president he went too far when the senate said it was in session. he had to respec...

At times to fill in in the case of a recess appointment. one interesting part of the provision, they literally ruled that the recess appointment should be used only in the cases -- not used as a get-around, to get around another branch of government which the president was clearly doing here. >> of course, at this point, the president doesnt need recess appointments family, because senate democrats changed the rule. so it takes a simple majority to -- and theyre in control of the senate obviousl...

Agreements on those. i think as to likely that republicans will hold up a lot of judicial nominations if they get a majority going into the last two years of the presidents term because they know if republicans win the presidency back, those will be open judicial positions they get to fill with their own choices. i think the -- i think the filibuster to your point, it doesnt fix the problem of option c and partisan polarization in washington. >> it becomes another problem too, lets say republica...

Said in the sense that i am an optimist about sort of our initial framing and the ways in which the senate was meant to be a protector of minority rights and was meant to be a bit removed from sort of the public opinion of congress. but in terms of this how weve seen them behave, including ted cruz, as much as i would love to agree with you in principle, in practice, that notion that your enemy today could be your friend tomorrow is no longer true, it is an entirely partisan body now. >> well, i...

Extended to saturday and one way youll know that theyre progressing is if foreign ministers and secretaries of state show up, john kerry included, in the next 24 hours. we dont know that. but if they do, that would be a good sign theyre getting close. >> strong point, jim. the faces always want to be attached to success, not failure. well be watching it. thanks for doing that for us. >> exactly. >> mic, over to you. democrats in the senate passed the so-called nuclear option to change filibust...

Equality. >> love is patient. love is kind. >> the state joins 15 others and the district of columbia in approving marriage equality. >> a local bishop turns some heads. >> the bishop of springfield expected to show his disapproval of the gay marriage law by holding an exorcism. >> there is a growing disparity in the understanding of what the state means by marriage. >> i cast you out! >> the institution of marriage is already endangered, mercy, forgiveness, and a heart. thats really what im pra...

Executive appointments that have been blocked, some have just dropped out for trying to get confirmation or just get a vote. just in the last couple of weeks there have been three more judicial nominees whove been blocked. its a -- senator cornyn, the republican who was asked about this, are you trying to redo the election? he said, oh, no. we just think theres too many judges on the court. well, thats the presidents constitutional job and duty. >> anyway, the gop led by the cruz wing of the par...

Logic, common reason analysis behind it. and here is one thing, ill go through it later. and i put up on the screen last night on this program, seven examples of barack obama, and put it up and ill talk about later in the program. seven examples of barack obama using executive powers, obamacare, he used it on executive appointments, recess appointments, et cetera, and no congressional approval on certain things and now this, now hes bypassing congress. what do you make of that power grab by the ...

Logic, common reason analysis behind it. and here is one thing, ill go through it later. and i put up on the screen last night on this program, seven examples of barack obama, and put it up and ill talk about later in the program. seven examples of barack obama using executive powers, obamacare, he used it on executive appointments, recess appointments, et cetera, and no congressional approval on certain things and now this, now hes bypassing congress. what do you make of that power grab by the ...