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sixth amendment right to confront your accuser in court and you dont have to do it to exercise your second amendment rights either. the law in new york -- new york is a state that doesnt allow the open carry of firearms in public. the only way you can carry a firearm in public is to get a concealed carry permit. in order do that, you had to go to the sheriff and demonstrate some special need. it wasnt enough to say you want it for self-defense or you live in a high crime area or you ha...

State Attorney General Letitia James has filed appeals to protect 2019 law that allows judges to suspend gun access for anyone found to be dangerous.

The legal fights over Extreme Risk Protection Orders are starting to heat up on a couple of fronts. In Maryland, a new federal lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of the state’s ERPO la...

I love detailed records, i love all of that. people talking on video, thats pretty damning. if you see inconsistencies what they are saying on video and what they said under oath, what they said in text messages, who they are contacting on january 6 or back to november 3 or before that, once you break apart those inconsistencies, the committee becomes effective. in the last four hearings, they have been effective because they can identify people who lie. thats really what it comes down to. thats...

Decision. the 6-3 alignment is what we are seeing on major cases as the court moves in the coming week and a half, two weeks or a little more, perhaps, to close out this historic term. >> right. we know were going to get decisions tomorrow, possibly again on monday, probably other days next week. one thing that strikes me is that in the draft opinion that came out in may that justice alito wrote in the roe case, what he says is that a constitutional right thats not directly in the constitution, ...

Not prosecute these crimes that they believe are contributing to the problem. i want to ask about the walmart announcement, the ceo trying to find a balance to chip away at the problem of gun violence. shameful to see walmart succumb to the pressure of the anti-gun elites rather than place the blame mcconnells, walmart has chosen to victimize law-abiding americans. your reaction? >> walmart will continue to sell rifles and shotguns used in hunting and ammunition and they are also going to allow ...

More california pragmatist. judge kavanaugh is a formalist. i think of the the 14 times that the supreme court has endorsed an opinion by judge kavanaugh. justice kennedy was in majority of those decisions. i think its suggest lot of overlap between justice kennedy and judge kavanaugh and the mainstream of american legal thought. >> i want to point your attention to one of those vindications. thats the 2001 heller decision that of course judge kavanaugh wrote the dissent for. he said those secon...

Do gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marriage? the supreme court is taking up the question. how far the country has moved on gay marriage politically but is there still a ways to go? one of the key lawyers in the fight, david boies, joins our discussion. plus, the president in the middle east. >> you are not alone. >> how did he do? analysis about his new push for peace and new warnings for syria and iran. and good sunday morning. new hope for a peace push in the middle east. th...

Already established. the only question is are you going to deprive gays and lesbians of this right because of their sex or the sexual orientation. >> handicap this. the "time" magazine about justice kennedy that he is the decider, how do you think this goes? >> im not going to get in the business -- >> youve talked about this already. youve been doing the handicapping. you dont think it will be close. >> what i said -- i think were going to win but i dont think were going to win 5-4. i think thi...

This is about the public having the right to buy arms and the right to protect themselves and the right to use them for sport or hunting. but, also, its about the publics right to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. thats in everybodys interests. if you go back to 1999, wayne lapierre testified on behalf of the nra that background checks were appropriate and should be done and congress back in 1968 actually made them the law of the land, but they dont apply to 40% of th...