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Thats about the government coming after you. the government is not. >> theres no state action. >> its private employers and private citizens. >> i strongly disagree. >> thats okay. the constitution frees you. >> no, no, no. this is different. this is a -- oppressed by the mafia. okay? we are oppressed by the velvet mafia. no, they dont kill us the way they do in palermo. they lose peoples jobs. >> white men in the country just have a -- >> it doesnt mean were wrong. ill have vet mafia. >> wait a...

Should be done. the real question what can be done within the confines of the law and its our opinion, it is the states opinion it will take a state action to do this properly and to fix the problem. the state retirement system specifically prohibits non-full-time permanent employees from participating. the benefits are significantly different between a permanent employee and a temporary employee. if you look -- martha: but in terms how that might be changed and if it could be retroactive, when ...

Let the congressman respond. >> well, that is a debate that could be conducted in the halls of congress. whenever youre looking at marijuana, its a harmful drug. if you legalize it, its going to increase use. its a question that our country needs to decide and its a fair debate. the congressman has a bill where we would nationalize and legalize it across, say, the national basis. thats a fair debate. im just saying, lets not go two directions where you have a state law and state action that dire...

Unconstitutional. lets bring former defense attorney and trial attorney kirsten wilson. lets begin with the basics. well put up the firstndment. congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of a religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. now, as drafted, it only applied to congress but supreme court, you know what the founders meant it to apply to any government action, state or local. a judge is an arm of the government by forcing on kid to the church does he breach the first ...

whether or not police questions peoples immigration status based on reasonable suspicion. joining us to talk about immigration ruling and what it means is our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and white house correspondent jessica yellin. jeffrey, please start off by saying what the court accepted and rejected. >> well, the heart of the case is about state power versus federal power. immigration is an area that is traditionally one where the federal government exercises most of the p...

Learn in-law school that bad facts make good law. this is that case. the cops were wrong. there was no arrest warrant from the defendant. and yet he ended up in the general population, the jail. and thats why this case went to the supreme court. most states have restrictions on this sort of thing. and they would still throw out the search. they would find that it is an improper search. it was a state action that provided the false information. in other words if the state gets it wrong, and there...

This is that case. the cops were wrong. there was no arrest warrant from the defendant. and yet he ended up in the general population, the jail. and thats why this case went to the supreme court. most states have restrictions on this sort of thing. and they would still throw out the search. they would find that it is an improper search. it was a state action that provided the false information. in other words if the state gets it wrong, and there shouldnt be an arrest warrant for you, you will b...

You know what? you get a search warrant. then out of the hands of the school. you go right for probable cause warrant and get a search warrant. >> you dont need a search warrant, lis. >> you dont if you bully the poor child into giving you the -- >> you dont need a search warrant to search in a school. jenna: one final quick thought from you, doug, then i will wrap it up. one of the reasons we paid attention to this case, were seeing a trend, reports of a trend, employers are asking for their em...

morning. stephen cobelbert is exploring possible run for the office. >> i am proud to announce that i am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of united states of south carolina. >> finally, im feeling excited about this. race, we get to weigh in and what it all means for the republicans and that, of course, hear about this? the conductor of the philharmonic, cell phone rings in the middle of a performance and you know what h...

administration for this prrmt. experiment. so theres big government behind romney care, not as much as obama care but a heck of a lot more than your campaign has admitted. >> big government, high cost. two of gingrichs favorite slams on the romney reforms. he also likes to hammer the centerpiece of the massachusetts law, which was the individual mandate that requires all residents above a certain income level to buy health insurance or pay a fine. the idea is controversial, but not so ...