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To reiterate that supreme court said that machine goveruns cann banned. >> im talking about the heller case. and you argued that it was unconstitutional to ban assault weapons because they are in common use. and that i believe was your s t dissent in the case. >> yes, and i was referring to some kinds of semi automatic rifles that are banned by d.c. are widely owned in the united states. and that seemed to be the test that the supreme court had set forth in held othler and mcdo t a mcdonald case...

Thing. i want to reiterate the supreme court made clear that machine guns can be banned. >> im talking about the heller case. let me be specific. and you specifically argued that it was unconstitutional to defend assault weapons because they are -- to ban assault weapons because they are in common use. and that, i believe, was your dissent in the case. >> yes, and i was referring to some kinds of semi automatic rifles that are banned by d.c. are in widely owned in the united states. and that see...

Coaching his kids and the value of his young daughters to not have said something today when given a second opportunity, to say, you know, my heart goes out and talk about the heller case and talk about guns, he had that opportunity. i do think that senator leahy has raised a lot of questions. hes created the smoke. we dont know if theres more is there but he is raising questions as to whether he has, senator leahy said on twitter, in his opening statements yesterday, whether he has misrepresent...

Opinion in mcdonald, the same thing. i want to reiterate, the supreme court made clear that machine guns can be banned. >> let me speak to you. im talking about the heller case. let me be specific. you specifically argued that it was unconstitutional to defend assault weapons because they are -- to ban assault weapons because they are in common use. that, i believe, was your dissent in the case. >> yes. i was referring to some semi -- some kinds of semiautomatic rifles that are banned by d.c. th...

Common use." >> kavanaughs views on the second amendment are straight out of the gun lobby playbook. >> laura: i mean, again, this is the most fast ill way of looking at case law. you know what brett wrote in the case? >> i have read the opinion several times. >> laura: hes not our task is to apply the constitution regardless of whether the result is one we agree with as a matter of first principle or policy. that was a 2011 case following from heller. he is applying the heller case. the fact th...

Out of the gun lobby playbook. >> laura: i mean, again, this is the most facile way of looking at case law. you know what brett wrote in the case? >> i have read the opinion several times. >> laura: its not our task is to apply the constitution regardless of whether the result is one we agree with as a matter of first principle or policy. that was a 2011 case following from heller. he is applying the heller case. the fact that they dont like ar-15s, which are one of the most commonly owned guns ...

Comes to these social gender issues. but if he gets replaced by a hardline social conservative, it is -- the democratic leadership will have hell to pay. they cannot let this happen. they have to play hardball. theyve got to do exactly to the other side what mitch mcconnell did to them, play hardball and win. they must prevent the republican-controlled 1234 republican-controlled senate to pick another justice on this court. look at the decision starting with bush/gore. the heller case where ever...

Welcome back to "hardball." justice anthony kennedy has arguably been the most influential justice of recent years. decades. sometimes he sided with the conservatives like in bush v gosh, citizens unites and the heller case on guns overturning washington, d.c.s handgun ban back then. he advanced progressive causes. perhaps his greatest legacy will be his deciding vote in the 2015 ruling that struck down bans nationwide on same-sex marriage. city wrote it would misunderstand these men and women w...

>> former assistant prosecutor and practice criminal defense, this will be constitutional law is i say that because we have some precedent that would is not legally binding in the second circuit and ninth circuit. in those cases the circuit courts have found california, connecticut and new york laws that also been over 10 rounds is constitutional under immediate scrutiny. that is what i anticipate happening with this case and third circuit. shannon: i want to play with the governor had to say at...

Opportunity to stay the 10 rounds law and justice kennedys opinion did not. so that is all we heard from the supreme court on that. they need to step up and clarify this for the nation. jillian: do you think they will? they turned away a lot of appeals that would answer these questions, justice thomas writing a dissent said they treat the second amendment like second-rate or second-tier constitutional right. it should be on par with all the rest of them. >> the supreme court has not taken up any...