Majority Scalia News Today

nbc news has confirmed hes currently in custody and is set to make his first appearance in federal court just a few minutes from now. let us get to it. joining me now is nbc news nas political reporter sahil kapur, host of "the beat" ari melber and barbara mcquaid. pete, i want to begin with you. this is a bit tricky territory for the d.o.j., is it not? >> reporter: well, it didnt seem to be in his case, in the steve bannon case, though it took the justice department almost twice as lo...

District of columbia within their home. there is a "new york times" opinion piece today from two of the clerks on that decision, the majority scalia and the minority stevens, the dissenting opinion. they write that lawmakers are reading this case wrong, that scalia didnt say that you cant regulate firearms, that there wasnt a role for congress to play in this. will you explain this to us, adam. >> sure. the supreme court in the heller case did say there was an individual right to bare arms prote...

A lot of times for these mid terms or even the presidential election. the voter turnout in this country is very, very low. i want to emphasize again the majority opinion by scalia says a few things. "the problem of hand gun violence in this country is serious, that the constitution leaves the government with a variety of tools for combatting that problem including some measures regulating handguns." it also says it recognized "presumptively lawful regulations regulations such as laws imposing co...