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The enkwiquirer went to court a demanded that the case be thrown out on first amendment grounds, signaling they were going to fight this very aggressively. now a couple things have changed and a couple things have surprised everybody. in recent days prosecutors, of course, have announced that michael cohen is under federal criminal investigation. again, we dont know exactly how these payoffs may factor in to the criminal investigation, but we believe they are related. this is part of what the se...

This glaring hypocrisy that i dont think is being dealt with in right wing media that harvey weinstein is a story they like to talk about it and they are mum on the others. >> hypocrisy is the word, joy. prepare to be shocked for a second because i actually agree with president trump. i think its time that the fcc look into the license of one of these networks, but its not nbc and its not on first amendment grounds. as the panel points out, its fox news on what is a clearly sanctioned culture of...

Know that the terrain is very different in different parts. some parts you would want a wall. some parts you would want different types of technology. some parts are so rugged that there would be no way to really build a wall and there would be no point because nobody is climbing over that particular part. hes had a lot of really good talking points and sound bites but when you actually have to govern and you actually have to put policy in action, you need more specifics. and what weve gotten fr...

Happening in massachusetts is we will have committee hearings on all the bills that we filed. at some point in time in the near future there will be a hearing in the judiciary committee. >> you are expecting full support. this things going to sail through, right? >> at this point in time i have had 54 co-sponsors, republican and democrat, so i would like to think it has a strong chance. well see what happens. >> because we know that in 2012, the supreme court actually struck down the first law t...

Wrap its latest session. the last session for the summer with one major constitutional case still unresolved. the owners of the craft chain hobby lobby, argue that obamacares birth control mandate violates the religious rights of employers. we will i in ed rollins, white house adviser to president reagan and long-time strategist to business and political leaders and fox news political analyst. lees wheel, girard baker, editor in chief of "wall street journal." lets get to hobby lobby. how do you...

And then now is saying that he wants an answer answered wants it fixed today? that is a simple question that the white house would not answer. were still waiting for the answer right now. when did the president find out? the second thing is, yesterday as you know there was immigration reform rally on the national mall even though the national park service right now as he we saw it the world war memorial and elsewhere is not supposed to be involved in policing and staffing and whatnot. because th...

Lawyers hope this screen grab will actually help their case. according to court documents they claim carter made no real threat because he used the words i think. carters attorneys want the judge to throw out the case on first amendment grounds. >> they need to look at the context of whats put online. because if they would have, i think they would have seen that it was sarcasm. >> reporter: investigators tell cnn they found evidence carter was engaged in online bullying and made his threat to a ...

University to comply with this. its time universities stand up and start fighting back. >> so you saying that they run the risk if they challenge of losing their federal funds. >> right. >> they are -- they have the ability to sue in court to resist and sue and fight on first amendment grounds. has anybody done that so far? >> so far nobody. no university has come forward to say this goes too far. its impossible to comply. >> are they intimidated by the departments do you think or just sinking i...

There has been a bunch of ideological warriorsç in this fight in this respect, not just on first amendment grounds but just broadly as an ideological disposition. it created for republican party operatives to see what had happened. >> the issue of corruption, i think, has to be, we have to pave a little way at that. not so much about paying out a politician and the corruption of only t on only the interests that are paying off the funding. so, in like the montana situation, some of those legis...

I represent the people who have been accused of crimes. thats correct. the rest of which you said is not correct. here is the deal. the social media sites can restrict people from being on their website. we can all agree it is a good thing they have restrictions for those convicted of terrible crimes. i do think this law will be challenged on first amendment grounds. i think the of the conviction is a public record. but having them wear a scarlet fee is not a legal thing. we will have to see abo...