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>> its great to be back. >> you know what? after not reading the teleprompter for about 10 days, its a little tricky. >> we kept it up during dinner to keep conversations flowing. thats why you never get out of practice. >> ad lib toss, do you have ketchup over there? >> we dont use the teleprompter especially when we talk to these types of things when were chatting. well chat about this topic which is the westboro baptist church. you know who they are. theyre a group of about 80 folks who go to...

And even though these people are clearly crazy, they have the first amendment on their side and they have, thanks to the u.s. government, protected status. they do not have to pay taxes so are you in -- are you and me and all of us as taxpayers indirectly financing this hate speech because they dont have to pay taxes and so they can go on their merry, hateful way. >> by the way, as you know, the supreme court will hear the case. thats why albert snyder was asked why he continues to fight for his...

>> they havent paid me anything. >> and -- >> they cleaned my carpet and took the antifreeze out of my drain. >> thats nice. but michael, it would seem she needs more than that. >> i agree, steve, and until bank of america realizing that if they continue this bad conduct, its going to cost them in the pocketbook, theyre not going to stop doing this. >> yeah. and her case is a case where it could happen to practically anybody. since it was a mistake. all right, angela ianelli and michael rosenzwi...

Died in this country throughout our history to preserve such a precious right and to have a group of 80 people destroy it and mock it the way they are, its a crime. it was just a nightmare. they position themselves about 30 feet from the main entrance of the church. and they held signs that said god hates you. you are in hell. semper phi fags. >> bill: i spoke on gma saying that the judges are wrong and cruel to boot and we will assist the snyder family as it takes its case to the supreme court....

So they had an obligation to go far beyond what is needed. they had an obligation. >> thats not how our judges operate. >> bill: okay. thats how they should operate. >> they dont operate on heart strings. >> bill: they should operate that way. im giving you the last word. >> i want to make this -- >> bill: by putting the 16,000, when they didnt have to, they could have set it aside. they just rubbed the guys face in it. >> the guys objections were too late. >> bill: it doesnt matter. >> it does ...

>> what happens in appeals all the time as a matter of costs winning party gets costs made. >> bill: discretionary. >> costs copying cost and so on. the winners here at the west where row baptist church asked for costs done in every appeal and granted in virtually every appeal. >> bill: they can set it aside if they want. >> to other side given opportunity to object if there is a reason. mr. snyder did that he filed his brief late. deadlines matter. they dont do the heart string thing at the app...

They knew what happened. so they had an obligation to go far beyond what is needed. they had an obligation. >> thats not how our judges operate. >> bill: okay. thats how they should operate. >> they dont operate on heart strings. >> bill: they should operate that way. im giving you the last word. >> i want to make this -- >> bill: by putting the 16,000, when they didnt have to, they could have set it aside. they just rubbed the guys face in it. >> the guys objections were too late. >> bill: it d...

In his life begin? and usually the supreme court is very protective of the first amendment of the rights of free speech. however, what you said at the last part of your talking points is right. that right for free speech is not absolute. there are limits that can be placed on it specifically with respect to the time and the place and the manner of the speech. the westboro baptist church has a good argument because i know the father said that they were 30 feet from the entrance. the facts in the ...

>> bill: they dont have to. it stands that they didnt care. >> have you been too tough on the fourth circuit. i have to stand up for these judges. im not defending. >> bill: oh thats just bull. >> legal case under anyones analysis. >> bill: high profile case they should have explained. they let it hang in the air well we dont know whether it was intentional infliction of emotional distress. >> they didnt need to. the other guy concurred and said i agree with the judgment. this is how i would hav...

Laws saying you cant get anywhere near the actual funeral. >> bill: look, whether it was 30 feet or, you know, 300 feet, that does make a difference, i guess. but whats in play here are a number of things. lets take the appeals court in virginia first. all right. number one, i dont know whether you know this, but the appeals court, these three pinheaded judges put their pictures up there again. they found that the intentional infliction of emotional distress charge, that the family made in this ...