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Justice departments theory here is the obstruction of a congressional proceeding. were that theory to have been knocked defense it would have been a problem. the judge dismisses that you can claim violence in an attempt to overthrow the election was a first amendment expression. thats been put to recht here. in the criminal case, that appeal is not going to be available to them normally until after theres a conviction. this should clear the road for the prosecutions. >> what can we expect from s...

Takes the military some time before they can deploy folks in support of a crisis. so theyre serving those requests as a way of likely getting the military to rally their folks up, have people ready to assist if necessary. as far as the permission structure to do something like this, in the nations capitol, as a law enforcement professional, you work on a very delicate balance of respecting and facilitating everyones right to first amendment expression, but also trying to do so in a way that does...

Obstruct -- >> you said they did not commito a felony. >> laura: hold on. leo, are you saying that if a person at another line of work who happened to be a minority who is surrounded by a bunch of people, maybe they happened to be nonminority, and they are masked people but they are surrounding them, at least temporarily, blocking their way, you would not find that to be threatening? i know a lot of people who would find that threatening. let alone if it is surrounding a law enforcement officer....

Words surrounded by a bunch of people, maybe they happened to be nonminority, and they are mass people but they are surrounding them, at least temporarily, blocking their way, you would not find that to be threatening? i know a lot of people who would find that threatening. let alone if it is surrounding a law enforcement officer. >> laura, you are a good lawyer. a situation is different. bernie has to admit. these are officers. that is a government. it is not the same replay situation. what the...

And its impact of picking winners and losers online. we have cnn global economic analyst rana is back and cnn media analyst bill carter. we have the how and we have the why. so, lets talk about the how. trump private citizen. both will have a right to first amendment expression. >> of course. >> so, he can do this. >> yes. >> he has the right. but is it right? >> well, is it right? thats, obviously, somebodys judgment. is it something that maybe is injudicious? that i think is true. it doesnt lo...

Buying and selling of votes. weve seen it with absentee ballots. this would open up another venue for buying and selling votes. >> i read the federal court opinion in this case. it discussed the fact there was a rumor that college stunts were being paid 50 bucks to cast their ballot. there was no evidence that that was anything more than a rumor. the federal judge in this case seemed open to the idea of upholding a law like this if there were proof of coercion. >> its a first amendment issue. yo...

Pamphlet for why these reproductive choices should be made in this way. its such a reminder to me, such a stark example that sidewalk counseling is not medically or politically reasonable necessarily. >> theres a profound paternalism at work here. its the idea that somebody has a right not just to speak -- you know, they can still speak 35 feet away. thats still first amendment expression. they have a right to come up to you, to be in your space, and they have to right to express their opinion a...