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Have not been tested. i mean, this is a new set of laws. this is a new understanding of how the constitution works. so we can anticipate that all those -- like the brady law, the gun checks law will be challenged in court. and its very hard to predict how courts will interpret what the court did today, because the earlier ruling on gun control, the heller case from two years ago. justice scalia said the federal government has to keep the right to bear arms. all state and local governments have t...

>> i think its always good to go in favor of freedom. what we learned from the heller case is they promised that there was going to be huge amounts of gun violence after this went through and were not seeing that. gun violence is going down. its not going down because of gun control. we obviously dont have a direct cause and effect there and thats also a pragmatic argument. the moral argument is individuals have to have as many rights as possible and i think its a great decision. i dont think th...

Ago. >> the heller case is tremendously hope helpful to us. it has done much of the heavy lifting already. >> in the d.c. case the high court struck down the gun bans people could not be denied second amendment rights. >> if the district had won that case we wouldnt be here today. >> the argument being made by the city of chicago is that local governments should be able to continue to regulate what firearms can be owned and carried within their borders. >> we are talking about common sense gun l...

Season. it says to keep the people free their right to keep and bear arms will not be abridged. its those two sentiments may be intentioned, well regulated militia versus the unabridged rights of individuals to have firearms. this is the debate that americans should be having. this is a fruitful debate, is the second amend meant good idea, bad idea that,s a fruitful discussion. ed used the phrase chipping away. thats exactly what has been happening. whats been happening with democrats, trying to...

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And your personal views about the precedent have absolutely nothing to do with the good job of a judge. >> let me ask you about citizens united. in this case, the supreme court held the government cant restrict independent political expentdature by a non-profit organization. do you agree with that decision? >> senator, id give you the same response. i know people have their views, personally, about lots of supreme court decisions. and about a lot of other things. were all human beings. i get tha...

Of -- and so important, the constitution the way it was ments to meant to be and those are the people that i will appoint. >> we now have ten minutes for open discussion. i want to focus on two issues that in fact by the justices that you name could end up changing the existing law of the land. first is one that you mentioned, mr. trump, and that is guns. secretary clinton you said last year, and let me quote, the supreme court is wrong on the second amendment. now in fact in the 2008 heller cas...

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Types of rifles or other weapons. >> wow. >> megyn. >> what a case that will be, if it goes up, trace. thank you. how likely is it that the u.s. supreme court will take up such a charged case. the lawyers are going to ask and when you have the decided circuits, thats, thats like red meat for the u.s. supreme court. thats exactly the kind of case they take. coming up next hour, well debate the likelihood and we will question how the court might rule. what are the odds right now? keep in mind when...