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Donald trump said individuals should be restricted from purchasing guns if theyre a known enemy of state. chris christie said it should be a state by state decision of whats going on. >> if you remember after newtown we talked about this. we were talking about increased background checks and a terrorist was saying the great thing about attacking the united states was we could just go to gun shows and pick up all the guns without background checks. background checks for terrorist my trub brothers...

There are a lot of people in this country fighting to raise the federal minimum wage. carly fiorina is not one of them. heres the way the gop president candidate stands on the debate. >> i believe that minimum wage should be a state decision, not a federal decision. why? because it makes no sense to say that the minimum wage in new york city is the same as the minimum wage in mason city, iowa. we need to be honest about the consequences of raising a minimum wage too high. one of the consequences...

Not a federal decision. why? [ applause ] because it makes no sense to say that the minimum wage in new york city is the same as minimum wage in mason city, iowa. that makes no sense. secondly, we have to remember that a lot of minimum wage jobs are jobs where people start. and in those jobs they learn skills to move forward. we need to be honest about raising minimum wage too high. one of the consequences is young people trapped in poor neighborhoods will have less opportunity to learn skills a...

Look -- it should be a state decision. >> its all the federal -- its the federals rule and the federals responsibility, which is shock, but we pushed it, and we pushed it hard, which is how we got the pipeline sewed down the first time, and then the republicans and our state violated our state constitution, which is why the route is now illegal and in the supreme courts hands. its shocking that republicans are so hip critical and so two-faced essentially on this issue. this is a state rights iss...

Following, professional wedding photographer in new mexico is citing freedom of speech in asking the supreme court to strike down a state decision that forbid her business for refusing to perform work for same sex couples. she turned down a request to photograph a ceremony involving a lesbian couple, saying because of her religion she did not want to be involved in celebration of something she believed is wrong. the couple took her to court and the new mexico supreme court ruled that her refusal...

Congress in 1996 that restricts what kind of benefits can go to people in the states who are undocumented or in the words of the government, who are here illegally. it says that includes giving them professional licenses. secondly, the government says it would be illegal to employ him, even if he did get his law license. for both of those reasons, the government opposes this. now, as you pointed out, the state of california takes a different view. the attorney general there has told the state su...

The party sort of -- you start seeing more and more of these public splits on issues? >> i think so. and i think its not just what senator portman has said but also trends that his statement reflects which more and more americans have moved in that direction in many cases because of similar experiences with senator portman, people they know and care about who are gay and in relationships and they have made this switch. the interesting thing, though, is that senator rubio who, of course -- >> rig...

Supreme court case, it is as simple as that federal government has no right to tell individual states that their citizens have to buy anything. that is a state decision to be applied mostly in public safety situations. joining us now in dissent. the president of the american constitution society. where am i going wrong here ms. fred distributionson. >> first, bill, thank you for having me on here on your show. its a pleasure to be here. i think the first thing i would say in disagreement with th...

Supreme court case, it is as simple as that federal government has no right to tell individual states that their citizens have to buy anything. that is a state decision to be applied mostly in public safety situations. joining us now in dissent. the president of the american constitution society. where am i going wrong here ms. fred distributionson. >> first, bill, thank you for having me on here on your show. its a pleasure to be here. i think the first thing i would say in disagreement with th...

Supreme court case, it is as simple as that federal government has no right to tell individual states that their citizens have to buy anything. that is a state decision to be applied mostly in public safety situations. joining us now in dissent. the president of the american constitution society. where am i going wrong here ms. fred distributionson. >> first, bill, thank you for having me on here on your show. its a pleasure to be here. i think the first thing i would say in disagreement with th...