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support. im michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or were abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. well soon know the results. one involve...

So how might jack smiths case or perhaps cases against former president trump hold up at tliel? between 2010 and 2015 smith led the dojs public integrity unit of about 30 prosecutors investigating public corruption cases of politicians and others. among smiths more notable prosecution, democratic senator and vice presidential candidate john ed wards over payoffs to the woman with whom he had an affair and bribery case over democratic senator robert menendez. both those cases resulted in hung jur...

Debate. but this was a strong performance by governor romney. he needed one. i think he got it. >> joe? >> i think romney did himself a lot of good tonight. he was there on the issues. he knew his stuff. he didnt back down to the president or the moderator. and he didnt -- he didnt cross the line because you can do that and i think that would have backfired on him. i watched obama debate a lot in primaries when i was with edwards and clinton and john ed wards. this is the guy who showed up. hes ...

Debate. but this was a strong performance by governor romney. he needed one. i think he got it. >> joe? >> i think romney did himself a lot of good tonight. he was there on the issues. he knew his stuff. he didnt back down to the president or the moderator. and he didnt -- he didnt cross the line because you can do thie backfired on him. i watched obama debate a lot in primaries when i was with edwards and clinton and john ed wards. this is the guy who showed up. hes a good debeirut. but he does...

Performance by governor romney. he needed one. i think he got it. >> joe? >> i think romney did himself a lot of good tonight. he was there on the issues. he knew his stuff. he didnt back down to the president or the moderator. and he didnt -- he didnt cross the line because you can do that and i think that would have backfired on him. i watched obama debate a lot in primaries when i was with edwards and clinton and john ed wards. this is the guy who showed up. hes a good debeirut. but he doesnt...

Because then if newt gingrich is attacking the president saying youre a food stamp president, he has to say, what would my option have been, right? >> you know who the last presidential candidate was who talked a lot about poverty. he is from charlotte, north carolina. his name is john edwards. that name which we dare not speak. but whatever john edwards -- >> bush, john edwards, you are just on a role. >> sorry. i have a suicide mission on social media. but john edwards may have been wrong abou...

The middle class. all politicians zero in on them and rich politicians pin them on tax cuts. it is always framed for the middle class. >> and theres also a conservative mind rhetoric block that goes on where if you talk about poverty too much people say, what do you know about poverty if youre not poor? john edwards, if you are so rich, you cant talk about poverty. >> we are going to continue to await president obama at the campaign rally in the battleground state of florida. we are going to tak...

Democratic side of a cautionary tale about how we vet presidential nominees in this country. but the reason im making a federal case about this is because a federal case has been made of this. specifically about the money part of it, which we havent even got to yet. see during the 08 campaign with the national inyearer reporting john edwards had an affair and he denying it, the reported mistress hanging around giantly pregnant was a politically inqueent thing for this presidential campaign. two ...

>> mr. zimmerman, just for appearing for your first appearances, our first appearance at this time for a charge of murder in the second degree and you are represented by mr. omara, is that true. >> yes, sir. >> remember your right to remain silent and all the other rights he told you about, you have to say nothing, and well go forward here on some procedural matters only at this time. after reviewing the short affidavit for probable cause i find that probable cause for the charge as pu...

How much former senator john ed wards used about money to cover up his extramarital affair and out of wedlock child and whether campaign finance law were broken. they look at several individuals connected to the former democratic vice presidential candidate are examined. a former edwards aid contends his boss was aware of money funneled to pay for the cover-up. maine republican governor paul lepage changed plans to attend a martin luther king junior breakfast days after telling attenders to, "...