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Its final say on the presidents health care law thursday. we think. we turn now to george washington university law professor jeffrey rosen, professor, thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> thanks. it is great to be here. >> what does todays decision reveal in general about the direction of the court? >> well in some ways this is a vision of the bipartisan decision that people who dont like the polarization of the court were hoping for. the court did not divide along part...

Thursday? are they -- some have conjectured that maybe this is sort of softening the blow for more of a down the line partisan decision on thursday. >> thats possible, of course. but another possibility is this shows that justice kennedy and chief justice roberts really do have a broad commitment to national power, that theyre willing to allow to trump state claims to the contrary, that is consistent with stuff they heard said in the past, why many people thought before the health care argument ...

Welcome back to "the cycle." in the guest spot today, ipilito acosta. the author of an awesome sounding book "the shadow catcher," an agent infiltrates mexic mexicos deadly cartels. >> what im uncomfortable with is the lack of training that is being provided for officers to make such a determination. im very strong on enforcement of all of the laws of our country. i just -- i want to make sure -- i would ensure that each individual that is going to be making such a big decision to

12 million people from the united states. >> well, krystal, i want to ask you, antonin scalia in his descent today, maybe my all time favorite justice, in his way -- >> minority on that opinion. >> for sure. in his way wrote this, if securing its territory in this fashion is not within the power of arizona, we should cease referring to it as a sovereign state. that is, a, so scalia, and, b so juicy. is he wrong? tell me. how do you respond to that? >> he is wrong and i dont have to respond becau...

Good monday to you. welcome to our first show. the gangs all here. ready for the first day of school, kids? >> going to be fun. >> yeah. >> feels real. >> what am i doing here? thats what i want to know? how i did get here? am i in the right place? >> you are in the right place. were going to show them that you are in the right place. >> just making sure. >> were going to begin with the supreme court striking down three portions of the arizona law. by holding the show me your papers requirement....

Justiceship, this was the kind of decision he said he wanted to promote. i had an interview with him, he talked to other journalists and he said he felt 5-4 decisions along polarized party lines were terrible for the court. he said he would strife to persuade his colleagues to reach narrow, unanimous opinions. and he said that would be good for court and good for the country. you suggested he had mixed success achieving that. there have been plenty of polarizing 5-4 decisions from the citizens u...

Anything without a mandate. thats number one. number two, the way to fix the mandates disappearance if they leave all of the ban on preki prekisting conditions is some form of stop loss. stop loss where the federal government comes in and ensures the health insurance companies that after $50,000 of payments in a year, the rest of that payment is shared by the federal government and the insurance companies to some degree. thats a workable plan. what john kerry put forward in 2004. but, of course,...

Often considered the swing vote, writing the decision today, joined by three of the courts liberals. ruth bader ginsburg, stephen breyer and sonia sotomayor. and justice roberts, one of the courts more conservative justices. the three other conservatives consented, that makes eight. elena kagan the ninth sat this out because she worked this case when she was with the justice department. you have to wonder, why was justice roberts there and it may be that, you know, interesting note here, because...

Have passed in other states? >> as an immediate matter, not at all. because there are various provisions of those laws that have also been challenged bit obama justice department. theyre also in various forms, working their way through the lower courts. you know, i think that the real question there is politically what difference will it make? the advocates of the laws, will they say, see, we won a partial victory, thats enough. or will they consider this a warning to trim their laws back and it...