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Cnn.com the highest courts twoest highest justices, cavanaugh and barrett could replay the map for the second amendment in courts in these kind of cases. tell us why their votes are so pivotal here. >> because ruth ginsberg and anthony kennedy, particularly ginsberg, of course, was very clear. she was a dissenter in the heller case in 2008. she didnt think the second amendment gives individuals any rights that she thought it applied only to militias, which had been the position of the supreme co...

House speaker nancy pelosi who negotiated directly with senator sinema when it came to this prescription drug pricing deal. what more do we know about those negotiations and where do we stand this morning? >> reporter: to be a fly on the wall during that negotiation, right? you dont often see the speaker of the house negotiating directly with a senator. but in this case, there was a lot of concern and frustration on the house side among democrats that sinema and manchin were both out of the cont...

Is as you point out, if the supreme court rules in favor of the plaintiffs here this could redraw the gun laws in all 50 states because the supreme courts decision about the constitution apply everywhere. and thats why this case is such a big deal, even though it only applies to one specific law in new york state. >> yeah, listen. you hear all this talk about state rights, often from conservatives. this is a case where they dont have the right to regulate weapons when there are a large support t...

Rights nation wide and where the court might be leaning on this. >> well, jim, you know in 28, the supreme court in the famous decision decided that there was a second amendment right to own a handgun within your home. but in the subsequent years, its now a long time. they have not really addressed how broadly to concede to individuals really goes. this case is the first time now with three new term justices, the court will explore how broad the second amendment right is. the position of the gun...

Youngkin and said, quote, i hope virginians will join me in wishing the best to him and his family. thanking his supporters as well and said that when he did serve as the 72nd governor, it was the highest honor of my life. , well, minutes from now the supreme court will hear all arguments in a case that could lead tore more guns carried on some of the nations busiest streets. the justice will decide if they will get a licensed carry concealed handguns passes legal muster. i am joined by jeffrey ...

2022, but 2024 is not necessarily through the former president? >> i think thats very obvious from the virginia case. now, trump tried to get -- no picture -- there is no video of them together. i think that was on purpose. dont you? trump got -- trump was slaughtered here by over ten points last year. and new jersey as well, 16 points. biden won by 16 points there. and you got a tie. so, you know, there is a real lesson for national democrats here on a lot of different levels and while a lot ca...

Yes, there are a few outliers there, but you know one of the things trump talked about all the time when he was president and even now was second amendment rights. brett cakavanaugh, neil gore su, have been outspoken about the breath of second amendment rights. yes, those are distinguished laws, and they carry some weight. but, frankly, i dont think they are particularly persuasive to where the court is now, where the supreme court majority is now. i dont want to predict the outcome of this case...

John. jaushgs another controversial topic, court in oregon tossing out restriction on gun sales to buyers between 18 and 20, part of age discrimination against the ban. the ruling could be first round of knock-out fight to come on the second amendment as supreme court prepares to hear first major gun rights case in more than 10 years, decade that has seen game-changing shift on the nations high court. bring on our guy on all things constitutional, jonathan turley, professor at george washington ...

There is an individual right to own firearms and he wrote in that opinion in that heller case that it also allows for reasonable gun control. and we have to go back. he is the most conservative judge in the history of the supreme court. if we cant agree with him on that where are we? >> although, maryann, not conservative in that decision. he was not going by his -- the gospel of scalia is keep it to the four corners. he read into the second amendment however you count words in it was never foun...

Regulations like californias? >> thats right. it would take a case that would involve the kind of permits that people want to have a concealed handgun outside of the home. you probably remember that in 2008 the justices for the first time -- >> joan, were having trouble connecting to you. i think you might have been talking about the heller case. thank you so much. unfortunately these technical issues happen in this age where so much of it is over skype and so forth. up next, a man that knows ...