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Cuomo signs bill banning sale of Confederate flag on New York state grounds Kaelan Deese © Getty Images Cuomo signs bill banning sale of Confederate flag on New York state grounds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday signed a bill into law banning the sale or display of Confederate battle flags on state property. The bill also banned other "symbols of hate," including swastikas and other known insignias historically associated with racism and other violent acts against...

Print this article New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that outlaws the sale of “hate symbols,” such as the Confederate flag, on public land. “This country faces a pervasive, growing attitude of intolerance and hate — what I have referred to in the body politic as an American cancer,” Cuomo wrote of the bill, which went into effect immediately. “By limiting the display and sale of the confederate flag, Nazi swastika and other symbols of hatred from being displayed or sold on ...

They will take the presidency. but who is guarding the guardians? who is overseeing the special counsel or other overzealous prosecutors? the courts are doing it. there is no process that today exists and i suggest that the appointment of a permanent group to oversee prosecutorial overreaching, it could include a great former prosecutors like robert morgan, the legendary d.a. of new york. it could include at ethics experts, constitutional experts like floyd abrams, and they would have the opport...

Concerned when media companies are served by subpoenas -- served with subpoenas. >> you dont see anybody -- you guys had floyd abrams on cnn, you know, nobody is rushing to the defense of "the national enquirer" on first amendment. >> and that is very revealing. >> they are not behaving like a member of the press. >> david zurawik, margaret sullivan thank you for being here. quick break and then carl bernstein on john mccains legacy and mccain in his own words. ♪ ♪ i dont care where we go �...

President whose lies determined by the "new york times" are chronicled since the inauguration. and a president whose false and misleading statements determined by the "washington post" hit an astonishing 2,000 yesterday. this from a president who also could use a lesson from first amendment lawyer floyd abrams who points out again that there is no federal libel law. every state has its own. so good luck changing 50 of those laws plus the district of columbia. impossible to know if the president ...

>> i want to play something on the points you raise. look, i used to practice first amendment law, so i definitely share the concern about the obama justice department. they were highly aggressive on this. in addition, the other context, of course, is the internet, and it became drastically easier with groups like wikileaks to put out more voluminous material without the gatekeeper function of the press. i think that was the other macro factor driving more of those prosecutions although they con...

Prosecutions although they concern us all. walter, take a listen to floyd abrams who won the pentagon papers case, who happens to be my old boss. i had him on a show about the transcripts of these presidential foreign dignitary calls which a lot of people said are over the line. the president has got to have an ability to do private diplomacy. mr. abrams takes a different view, that they expose really problematic activities and statements by donald trump. >> the public was informed yesterday abo...

Of the press. i think that was the other macro factor driving more of those prosecutions although they concern us all. walter, take a listen to floyd abrams who won the pentagon papers case, who happens to be my old boss. i had him on a show about the transcripts of these presidential foreign dignitary calls which a lot of people said are over the line. the president has got to have an ability to do private diplomacy. mr. abrams takes a different view, that they expose really problematic activit...

If jeff sessions makes good on his threat hell be followinged the mixed history and surely be challenged by many first amendment advocates in court. joining me is that lawyer at the center of so many of these historic battles. >> nice to see you again. >> you look at jeff sessions announcement today and he wants to make it potentially easier to do subpoenas to reporters. what does that mean and is that fairs amendment problem? >> its a first amendment problem. what it means is they are probably ...

Hes not the first to test legal limits. president adams used the act to jail journalists. president nixon took to the new york times to the court and lost. first amendment attorney floyd abrams won. the court rejected nixons security arguments which were echoing in jeff sessions press conference today. justice black wrote the guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed government is of no security. by the times lawyer at the time again floyd abrams.