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Senate judiciary committee, julian, the committee that confirms supreme court justices. thats why what he says carries a lot more weight. did you feel comfortable with his remarks? >> absolutely. and there is a long tradition for it. jay uses the word bullying and medling and i dont even begin to understand that. the idea that the supreme court should be immune from criticism in the public square, unless you happen -- >> they havent made a decision yet. >> let me finish the point, jay. the fact ...

Justice and say, if he doesnt decide this the right way according to the obama administrations position, if he does that hes a judicial activist, its bad, its wrong it puts the integrity of the court at risk. give me a break that is not the role of the senate judiciary committee. megyn: senator leahy came out in these remarks on the senate floor started talking about bush v gore and this would be a similar example of quote activism for the high court to overturn the healthcare law. julian, do yo...

To this. jays point is they have not yet issued a decision. president obama got in trouble for doing this at the beginning of april and he had to dial it back. after he dials it back the chairman of the judicial committee comes out and does the same thing. >> i dont understand that criticism. the idea that you shouldnt criticize a court or particular line of court before the court has mid a decision on something comes from absolutely nowhere. this is part of the public debate. its been going on,...

Chief justice for all of us, and that he has a strong institutional sense of the proper role of the judicial branch. acting on personal views in this matter would be the height of conservative judicial activism. megyn: julia epstein joins me. she is on the committee that does what leahys committee does over in the house. jay seculo. chief counsel for the hall of justice. he cant talk now, call julian back. >> its senator leahy. megyn: jay, he went on and on and talked about how the supreme court...

About questions of jurisdiction. but its got to be at least three pages long, single spaced. we heard from the judge very specific directions. and some folks say it is going to force the department of justice to take a very strict line, that may in some way sounds like it disagrees with what the president said. the judge said i want you to specifically address in this memo the comments of the president. here is jay seculo of the aclj. >> the federal court has an attorney to declare an act signed...

and we begin with breaking news tonight. cnn just received the coroners final report with new details about the death of singer, whitney houston. cnns entertainment reporter, kareen wynter, is at the los angeles county coroners office. what are we learning about the sequence of events that led to whitney houstons death? >> well, gloria, i can tell you we know a whole lot more about what happened that day back in february the day before the grammys when whitney houston was found dead in...

Megyn: back to the breaking news on the historic case before the united states supreme court. the fate of the presidents healthcare law which could be in trouble and may come down to one man. one justice. anthony kennedy. now we have more of the audio of todays key moment. well go through some of this with two men who have expert knowledge. julian epstein, hes written extensively on congress power under the commerce clause which is the linchpin of the governments case. also jay seculo. he has ar...

you know, theres all these wonderful things. ♪ >> kelly mcfarling, thank you. you can always check out my blog for all our music monday interviews. just go to cnn/brooke. now this. here we go, top of the hour. im brooke baldwin. a couple stories were watching for you. first, which republican hopeful will best challenge barack obama? also the latest on the cruise ship investigation, and a glitch on a very popular web site, and snow projected to cover half the united states this week...

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