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Required to give treatment to people in need. that makes all of us part of interstate commerce. up next, the iowa caucuses are a year away. so far not one major republican candidate has announced. what is going on? why dont they get out there? four years ago the field was filling up fast. so what are they waiting for? are they trying to see how strong president obama will get before they put their money on the table? this is "hardball" only on msnbc. [ wind howling ]

>> is that something i said? >> wait, wait, he picked me, so take a hike, dick van dyke. >> well, michael steele comes off at likable in this stuff, which is what mitt romney doesnt know how to do. he doesnt do the loopy unscripted stuff. a new take on the right to bear arms. a new group of legislators has introduced a bill to make it mandatory for citizens to own guns. its wording -- all those who have attained the age of 21 years shall purchase or otherwise acquire a firearm suit ant to thei...

On books, son of sam laws that prevent murders from profiting. >> those only exist in our manual nation. the reality is, that the laws were struck down in the early 1990s by the u.s. supreme court as a result of the issue of free speech. most courts frown on anything that restricts free speech so what we have done as a result is design what we call the laws which say you cannot profit off of committing of the most heinous crimes known to mankind. and, the only way you can eradicate this industry...

House of representatives voted to direct four committees to work on new health care proposals. but any replacement bill has to pass the senate. and thats not going to happen. our senior political correspondent, carl cameron. the only idea was to bring in something to replace it and they repealed it but they have no replacement. >>reporter: they do, republicans have lots of proposals over the years but the last five years with democrats in control of the house they have not been considered so now...

The width of politics in this law. but no matter the providence of the law, it was passed by the legislature, it did go into effect and the state therefore has a legitimate interest in defending it. so he didnt decide anything about the underlying merits of the case. that he said will come to a trial later, but i think the significance of this is that it was not thrown out of court at the early stages. there is as you know a real disagreement among legal scholars and among republicans and democr...

Participate in interstate commerce. a white house spokesperson responded with this quote. this is nothing new, we saw this with the social security act, the civil rights act, and the voting rights act. constitutional challenges were brought to all three of these monumenting pieces of legislation and all those challenges fail. so too will the challenge of health care reform. nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me live from washington. >> this was a procedural question, this was a questi...

Going to affect our relationship, the law will affect our relationship, with other countries. such as mexico, and will have a ripple effect into other countries that we have, immigration with. and -- >> give us a practical application. how would it impact our relationship with mexico? >> i would say any kind of interstate commerce we engage with them from agriculture to immigration, legal immigration as a whole. bill: ann marie, do you buy the argument from a legal standpoint it hurts relations ...

Seek, and is it illegal for somebody like glenn beck to combine with him. >> i dont think its illegal. its unethical to talk about the skies falling. then theyre paid advertisers for companies like gold line. glenn beck and fox news and others should be ashamed of themselves. the companies as now is well documented are rip offs. the question of how congress can get involved, were going to have a hearing in september, announced iowa. by bobby rush. were going to look at should bd as if theyre com...

Allow the states and local governments to craft solutions for their particular circumstances. they never said that during the court, the liberal justices, they were striking down straight law right an left and rediscovered this because theyve got a bias against guns. to be perfectly objective here, megyn, you could say the same about the majority who are loathe to intervene in states rights but here found a role for judicial activism in striking down a state ordinance. thats a fascinating observ...

To it. what exactly are these senators proposing? >> well, greg, texas republican john cornyn have instituted legislation to crackdown on this stuff. this bill would forbid prisoners to mail any item intended to be sold in interstate commerce. a lot of the items are letter or artwork but sometimes it is far more disturbing. here is victims advocate andy kahn. >> mansons hair that was sold in the form of a swastika. some of the lowest ive seen, there was dirt sold from the crawlspace of john wayn...