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What would they do? >> founders look to immigration and said it was a state issue. im talking signers of the declaration of the constitution, and on the supreme court, immigration was a state issue. feds would protect the coast and the borders, they would use the army, marine, coast guard, navy, whatever. they protect the integrity of the nation. but you had to immigrate in a state. and going into the state you had to meet standards of the state. once you got there, article iv of the constitutio...

Not mean that it was a legal law and it was a proper law so this is -- were looking at the same thing here. were talking about equal rights for everyone. equal protection under the law. >> its a state issue. jennifer, its going to go to the supreme court. >> it is not a state issue. >> it is. >> according to the founding fathers, it was a state issue. i know they dont mean much these days but thats what it was back then. ok, now, jennifer, if its going to go to the ninth circuit court of appeals...

>> battle scars. >> lets talk a little bit about this. thats the fact that yesterday, in the state of missouri, the show me state, they effectively said show me where it says that the federal government can mandate that i buy something, if not there, 70% of missourians said we want that thrown out. >> by a 3-1 margin. this is the bellwether. if anything was a bellwether, this referendum on obama care was devastating and i know youre going to hear people spinning it all throughout the day. oh, th...

Saying were not going to do business-- the citizens saying were not going to do business with arizona, not northern new mexico where there are of dozens of killings a day and people are left in the road decapitated. why arent they saying that. >> they say its a state issue, and people should butt out of arizonas issues. the federal government says disagrees and thats litigated in court and its not so clean cut, dagen. >> lets put the union employees in california and fly them first class to wash...

>> terrible thing to say, bill. brooke, you claim to be a lawyer. say something lawyery. the fact that the laws are patch work all across the country. it is state and federal working together. >> well, this is a very complicated issue. the bottom line -- do we have glen becks last word? this is it in three sentences. number one, the conversation of no longer equal protection. what the federal government has done, it has made it a state issue. thats why we are seeing all the states ban together...

Wait until the law went into effect and see if theres a problem. some folks say undercutting law enforcement in arizona and saying theyre not going to do their job correctly. >> look, first of all -- im sorry, was that for me? martha: go ahead. >> there are a number of states that are in the process of passing or will pass a similar bill to arizona. from the beginning of this republic, the immigration issue has always been a federal issue. it has never been a state issue. the idea that individua...

Oreilly repeated right before my show. i watched yesterday as the univision anchor was over and talk about what the hispanic committee is fighting against in arizona. can i say the oreilly factor guy bill looked a little exacerbated. lets look at the debate. >> you have 1100 county in one county charged with violent crimes hurting people, what do you do about it? >> well, this is a federal issue. its not a state issue. >> ok, so youre the governor and you say to the people, im not going to do an...

Federal statute that states. actually the constitution article 1 section 8 its a federal issue not a state issue. >> bill: look. obama is in trouble. you would agree with that, okay? >> i wouldnt say trouble. >> bill: you wouldnt say 45% approval rating is trouble. >> reagan had 35% at this point in his presidency. >> bill: no it was starting to come up. >> starting to come up but still lower than obama at this point. this is a marathon not a sprint. >> bill: you dont think he is in trouble. >> ...

Federal statute that states. actually the constitution article 1 section 8 its a federal issue not a state issue. >> bill: look. obama is in trouble. you would agree with that, okay? >> i wouldnt say trouble. >> bill: you wouldnt say 45% approval rating is trouble. >> reagan had 35% at this point in his presidency. >> bill: no it was starting to come up. >> starting to come up but still lower than obama at this point. this is a marathon not a sprint. >> bill: you dont think he is in trouble. >> ...

Federal statute that states. actually the constitution article 1 section 8 its a federal issue not a state issue. >> bill: look. obama is in trouble. you would agree with that, okay? >> i wouldnt say trouble. >> bill: you wouldnt say 45% approval rating is trouble. >> reagan had 35% at this point in his presidency. >> bill: no it was starting to come up. >> starting to come up but still lower than obama at this point. this is a marathon not a sprint. >> bill: you dont think he is in trouble. >> ...