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From using chemical weapons. >>shepard: james, thank you from the state department. and now to judith miller, pulitzer prize winning journalist. >>guest: this big, something that no one anticipated. there were a few warning signs before but no one thought the free syrian army was capable of getting inside a three-story building that is the heart of the national security apparatus of the regime and blow up not only the two leading defense officials. i cannot stress how important this defense is, ...

Assault. of course, restrictions on independent news reports in syria make it very difficult for us to confirm anything. state run television has identified two of the officials killed. the defense minister was a former general and is the most senior government casualty since the syrian uprising began. and the attack killed the deputy defense minister. he was one of the most feared figures insides president assad inner circle and married to president assads older sister. we have amateur video cl...

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Tax, the judges can interpret it as a tax and therefore, it is constitutional, so, that would seem to essentially eviscerate any limits that they have imposed here on the commerce clause. >> i would say so, paul. i mean, theres much about this opinion by john roberts, i mean, as we said in our editorial. usually its a 5-4 opinion, this is a rewriting the statute as james was suggesting, that mandate tax was not in the statute. he basically has had to rewrite the statute to arrive at this decisio...

Is constitutional, so, that would seem to essentially eviscerate any limits that they have imposed here on the commerce clause. >> i would say so, paul. i mean, theres much about this opinion by john roberts, i mean, as we said in our editorial. usually its a 5-4 opinion, this is a rewriting the statute as james was suggesting, that mandate tax was not in the statute. he basically has had to rewrite the statute to arrive at this decision and the question is why did he do that? why did he pull ou...

Political instrument. is it the business of the chief justice worried about burnishing the courts credentials rather than doing justice and a sane and rational and not extraordinary bizarre piece of reasoning? >> james. >> whether this strategy hes adopted is genius or too clever by half only time will tell. lets get together in 20 years and look back. i will say he looked good on the commerce part. the commerce clause is not a general license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave becau...

They cant commandeer resources. the in practical terms im not sure how far this goes. >> paul: james, what do you think of the argument weve heard from some people that john roberts may have changed his mind in making this, making this. first he sided with the conservatives on the court to overturn all or part of it and then under pressure, changed to his 1-4-4 opinion. >> i have no sources close enough to give direct knowledge, but the clue i found in the case was, if you read justice ginsburgs...

Political instrument. is it the business of the chief justice worried about burnishing the courts credentials rather than doing justice and a sane and rational and not extraordinary bizarre piece of reasoning? >> james. >> whether this strategy hes adopted is genius or too clever by half only time will tell. lets get together in 20 years and look back. i will say he looked good on the commerce part. the commerce clause is not a general license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave becau...

The continuation of where we are today. not that other things wont be going on. >> reporter: finally quickly, and youve been very patient, your sons, locklin, or james, in any way, shape or form expanded roles. >> and my daughter -- daughters. >> reporter: everyone is getting involved. what will lochlin, what about james in a more expanded role here? >> well they have to eastern it, and they have to want it. lochlin is very happy running his own businesses in australia and loves living there, so...

They cant commandeer resources. the in practical terms im not sure how far this goes. >> paul: james, what do you think of the argument weve heard from some people that john roberts may have changed his mind in making this, making this. first he sided with the conservatives on the court to overturn all or part of it and then under pressure, changed to his 1-4-4 opinion. >> i have no sources close enough to give direct knowledge, but the clue i found in the case was, if you read justice ginsburgs...