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Smaller majority of democrats in the next house, she was able to show the liberal wing of the party under her leadership can make something happen. now, they didnt win on this one, but they certainly put their sort of stamp on this bill. it was something we have not seen very often any daylight between nancy pelosi and president obama and his administration. >> very interesting. were also hearing michigan congressman john dingell has been hospitalized. what can you tell us? >> reporter: he is 88...

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Interpretation of legal text justice antonin scalia the longest serving member of the court and law professor bryan garner explain what they believe is the right way to decide cases. we are delighted justice scalia has joined us to talk about it. thank you for being here on "fox news sunday." >> glad to be year are. >> chris: you explain your approach to judging which is texualism or originalism. what is that. >> sort of a sub species of textualism. textualism means you are governed by the text....

Interpretation of legal text justice antonin scalia the longest serving member of the court and law professor bryan garner explain what they believe is the right way to decide cases. we are delighted justice scalia has joined us to talk about it. thank you for being here on "fox news sunday." >> glad to be year are. >> chris: you explain your approach to judging which is texualism or originalism. what is that. >> sort of a sub species of textualism. textualism means you are governed by the text....

Released, orrin hatch of utah, who until this year was the longest serving member of the senate select committee on intelligence. you think the presidents making a mistake not releasing these photos? tell me why. >> im not going to judge the president on that. i would prefer to follow what the director of the cia had to say. leon panetta. he feels they ought to be released. i think its a presidential decision. im going to back the president. i think, you know, it would be good for everybody in t...

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Boundaries? what kind of gun control measures are okay and which arent? still to be discussed and debated and that will happen in the courts. another supreme court ruling today touched on religious freedom and gay rights. the court ruled 5-4 in favor of a public law school in california that denied official recognition to a student group called the christian legal society. now, the school said that the groups religious policies effectively banned gays and lesbians in violation of the federal a...

And in the nations capitol, it is a solemn day as lawmakers and visitors remember the late senator robert byrd. he died early monday at the age of 92. his body will lie in repose for six hours in the senate chamber. byrds family will receive well wishers during that time. the west virginia democrat was the longest serving member of ocongress. both president obama and vice president biden will attend the services in west virginia tomorrow. developing now, some new numbers released in the last h...

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Tenure in congress. in 1952, he was elected to the house, in 5 eight, he moved to the senate, he was elected to more positions by his colleagues than any other senator in history. he had a lot of sway over the bum as head of the appropriations for a long time and in november 2009 he officially became the longest serving member in congress history. clearly, he will be missed and was a real giant in terms of his time in the senate. and while the democratic senators death will not tip the balance o...