Crats and independents join our conversation on twitter, or on facebook. Com csa pan. We will get your thoughts in just a moment. Upe is the speaker yesterday on capitol hill talking about this lawsuit. Are you planning to initiate against president obama for his executive action . Wax i am. Can you explain why this is necessary . Makes itnstitution clear that the president s job is to faithfully execute the law, and in my view the president has not faithfully executed the law. Government,stem of outlined in our constitution, with the executive branch and the legislative branch and the judicial branch. Congress has this job to do, so does the president. There are conflicts like this between the legislative branch branch,administrative it is, in my view our responsibility to stand up for this institution under which we serve. Of this has been proceeding against the president . This is not about impeachment, this is about him faithfully executing the laws of our country. Host Speaker Boehner talking about why the republicans are filing suit against the president. He did not say which actions would be addressed in the suit. The story goes on to say that later, john boehner sent a letter to lawmakers explaining his rationale and where this would take place, in the issue areas of health care, energy, Foreign Policy and education. Here is how Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of california responded to this idea. The republicans are saying they want to sue the president for not upholding the law and the president is looking at what his discretion is, to use executive the executive act of the administration. He has not come anywhere near what republican president s have done on executive orders. But he will act within his discretion, for whatever it will be prosecutorial discretions about who should be supported or not, and whatever else he worked closely with his lawyers on that subject. I think there is a broader interpretation of the law and his lawyers conclude many times i dont equate the republicans process to criticize the president , on executive are criticizing that as inconsistent in saying the president has the right to do what the law allows them to do. Minority leader nancy pelosi responding to the speaker of the house saying that republicans would file suit against the president over executive orders. Democratic legal experts rejected this reasoning and suggested that obama is following a long tradition of taking executive action under a suit system of separation of powers, the president has a duty to execute the law and that is thankfully with the administration has done while working with the law and the constitution to act where the house has refused to do so. A former federal prosecutor and next month john boehner will convene a five member team of House Republicans and 2 democrats that will approve the precisely which of the lawsuit and bring it to the house floor for a vote affirming the decision. The result would probably be a highly partisan vote. We will go to kingston, illinois. Republican collar. The Republican Party is not my greatgrandfathers Republican Party. Reallyto say that nobody follow the Bush Administration for not following the law. Get on an air boat catching gators on the chattahoochee and get out of congress. Host why do you think that the speaker is doing this . Guest from the first day when obama first became president , it was very obvious and it should have been a law against going against the president. That is treason, they have a saying that the tea party will go against mcconnell. The Republican Party should be split into four. Host you are a republican . Guest i used to be, and i still want to be. Host why do you say that you want to be . Guest my grandfather, my father, it is embarrassing because it is embarrassing to say that you are a republican. For barackou vote obama . Guest i did not vote, i dont trust the Republican Party. Host we go to a democratic collar, gina. What do you think of this move. I had a question but i wanted to ask something about cspan first if you dont mind. I have been watching cspan and washed in journal for 10 or 12 years. Always, you can look at the grid that comcast provides to see what is coming on, but over the last couple of months or so, you look at the grid and all it says is public programming, Public Affairs programming, all day, 24 hours a day. It does not say cspan. It does not say washington journal, i am wondering if you are still sending the information host i will have our associate producer Production Assistant who answered the phone and get your phone number and we will pass it along to the folks here who talk to the Cable Companies about listing our programming. Go ahead with the question that you have answered asked for you today. Congress they barely come to work and focus on things that is not what their constituents have an interest in, they produce very little bills, i am wondering, how can we are paying more than the average citizen, gets still have time to sue the president . It is out of touch. If they try to Work Together to solve problems host here is barbara in red rock, oklahoma, republican collar. Guest good morning. Host what do you think of this move from the speaker . Guest i think it is a good idea, obama is ruining our country. If he had done something over in syria, all the terrorists over there they are coming towards he just, i dont know. He has weakened our country so bad. Something needs to be done, he needs to be impeached. Host the speaker said that this is not a step towards impeachment, this lawsuit. This is going to be used with taxpayer money, that will be used for this lawsuit. Do you agree with that . Guest it would have to be, there has been so much money wasted anyhow by our government, that it shouldnt make that much difference, all of the children coming in, he is not even trying to put a stop to it. I know that they are children, i have 4 daughters of my own and i have lost one, and you dont want to see a child go hungry, but something has to be done. We will have billions of dollars feeding them, and everything will be for free. Host we will talk about this coming up with two members of congress and ehouse senator but lets look at the White House Daily briefing. It is unclear why they object to the actions taken to protect the Public Health of americans all across the country. By making sure that air and water is clean, it is not clear that they object protection that artistryndividuals made against based on who they love. And using executive authority to make sure that everyone in america has access to a retirement program. The president used his pen to his the mra proposal in state of the union address. We feel completely confident that the president was acting within his authority as president of the United States to take the steps on the for the American People. I will be interested to see what objections the republicans have. Vocaly have been very about the kinds of things they arent happy with. Havedont think that they explained what their legal rationale would be. They may have different priorities but i dont think that they are widely shared by the middle class of this country and i have said as much myself many times. We have not heard a legal rationale from them. They have a legalistic litigious discussion about the steps that the president has taken on behalf of middleclass families, looking for an opportunity to raise their objection not just in the legislative but also the judicial branch, it is certainly, i would assume within their legal wrapped legal right to do so. But this is not something that will consume the attention of the white house. That is the new White House Press secretary today responding on this move by the speaker of the house to file suit against the president for his executive order. Shington post take a look at the reaction on capitol hill. Here is republican lawmaker treating tweeting out and then you have democratic congressman from wisconsin saying and then also hear from Jackie Speier ,lso then, laura ingram conservative radio talkshow host who is influential in the primary race against eric cantor, who lost, tweeted out and then neil caputo of fox news tweeted out cavuto of fox news tweeted out what do you all think . Gordon, a republican color, go on gordon. Guest i think john boehner is wasting his time, it is more like he is closing the doors to the barn after the horses and cows have gotten out. This should have been done years ago, and the only thing that is making him do it now is the tea party is making a stand, and the talkshow hosts like mark levan and Rush Limbaugh are pushing this and to save face he is filing a lawsuit which will be ineffective and he is wasting the taxpayers time and money. Host all right, gordon. We go to north carolina, democratic caller. Guest this is johnson host you are on the air. Guest this is herbert johnson. Is, why are they also theyama and never did anything to bush. If he did something wrong it would get covered up. Host ok. On this issue, precedent setting by executive order, look at what the Brookings Institution put together. This is a chart that shows the history of executive orders. Is the longestar one there, issuing nearly one 3522r day, 322 during his 4000 days in office. Orders issued this week, president obama is more restrained than prior president s in using this power. He issues an executive order on average about every 11 days. George w. Bush issued them every 10 days. Issued one pern week and president carter issued more than one every five days. James and palm springs, california. Independent caller. Guest good morning. I am absolutely running i am actually running for president as a republican. Will probably die a republican and i am running for president of the United States of america and want to take back the Republican Party, the party of lincoln and mark hatfield. I will limit my executive powers and i will not issue an executive order. All right. Take a look at the number of executive orders so far by this 180 onet in the past with obama, 291 for president bush, president bill clinton issued 364, george h. W. Bush, who only served one term, issued 166. That gives you some context. Discussing john boehner, who will file suit against president obama and his executive order. Times front headlines, iran is aiding iraq that is the New York Times this morning. Also, with this story inside the paper. Calls for a new iraq grow, militants move to a strategic dam, that there could be flooding. Kerry has been told to travel to saudi arabia to discuss with abdullah the way to counter the isis advance. Advisors to almaliki said there would be 300 Security Officials from the u. S. Coming in and the number of private guards could reach 1700. So while the president says he is sending 300 military, 1700 private guards could be going there to protect them. With the diplomatic agreement the military advisors will be effective from prosecution if they inadvertently harm someone wase working, but it unclear if immunity provisions for the private guards have been worked out as well, and one of advisors said the topic is still under discussion. Also this, the use of drones for killing risks a war without end. This is coming out today. Thisll be issued today. Also on the story of bowe ber gdahl, and the investigation into when and why he left his fellow soldiers in afghanistan, this is the headline in the Washington Post. This is that he did not help his captors, that is in the Washington Post. Back to a story for all of you. A question for all of you. John boehner is looking to sue the president over executive authority. I think it is great that he and the only wikia any information out of obama is to sue him. Other than that he will just put up a brick wall. I think that there is a lot of good things that will come out of this lawsuit and i wish that dr. Ben carson would run for the presidency. Republicans would run dr. Ben carson he would win. What about this argument from the washington times. The house has plenty of its own institutional powers to control the president. This would be true with raising the minimum wage is a federal contractors. They control the purse and appropriate money for these actions. Guest things are going so bad that fema could take control of everything, they have the power and right to do that at any time. Everythingide that runs through a wire they could kick everyone out of the sandbox. , democratic caller. Good morning. Go ahead. Guest my name is rose and i have a comment about all the silly folks calling you, talking about the president , and what john boehner wants to do. It is just a waste of time. They need to find something more constructive to do. Shauna inill go to hanover, pennsylvania. Independent caller. What are your thoughts . Am i used to be a republican and now i dont know what i am. These politicians what they are doing is noxious, the horse is out of the barn. This has been going on for way before obama, way before bush and way before clinton. People are calling in and saying, the house is not doing anything. The house is not doing anything. This sits on the desk and we are being divided, and quite frankly this is discussing. Port orange, florida, republican caller. Howt i have seen firsthand obama has created his military police. Ticketulled over for a and 4 military style officers harassed me the whole time. All that i did was run a red light. He mentioned a long time ago that the best thing he could do was militarize the police. People are not afraid to go to jail, they are afraid of the cops. Host what does this mean for the question . Guest impeach president obama and get someone in there who knows what they are doing. Host this is from the washington times. Democratic fundraisers are using the letter as an appeal to their base and call this a new low in an online solicitation for funding that also accused john boehner of caving in to the pressure from the right in suing president obama. We will keep taking your thoughts here on the speakers move over the executive order first, joining us on the phone hurley, from Thomson Reuters to talk about the decision by the court to protect cell phone policy. Decide andey sign what impact does it have . Caller they ruled on a unanimous vote, Police Officers need a warrant to search his cell phone when someone has been arrested. This was a big ruling because this issue has never been decided before by them, taking into account the unique nature cell phones in the current age, everyone has one and everyone is carrying one around with them, with this personal information on the phone. This is not the same of other things you may carry around on there are are just so different and should be treated differently. This,t do they say about the police pull you over, they can go through your wallet and they can go through Different Things if they think there is evidence of a potential crime. They can search you. What is the difference . The court took into account the ubiquitous nature of the cell phone, and the sheer amount of data that is collected on smartphones. Concern is clearly a about privacy invasion, there is concern that this could be abused, potentially, concerned that they gave Law Enforcement too much leverage. The police still can get a warrant, which often does not take that long and they need to do a search for the phone. They will be able to. What does this mean for Law Enforcement. They cannot routinely searched cell phones. This could link suspects to other activities or more broad enterprises, like drug dealing, Something Like that. Situations, i think that prosecutors they could hamper their efforts if they are trying to crack down on an ongoing activity. Host why did john roberts write this opinion . Caller it is interesting because the court was unanimous, as most people know they are not always unanimous. The fact that they were able to all agree on this, the liberals and conservatives, on the court feel the same way about this issue. As the chief justice felt it was important for him to write this. Host what about the separate opinion from Justice Alito . He is himself a former federal prosecutor, he has his own perspective on this. He waswith concerned about the impact on Law Enforcement, he said that congress and state legislatures tould perhaps begin a chance look at this issue again, with more effort on how this is playing out. They have some sort of common sense way of amending this approach, perhaps that should be allowed. Hurley withce thomson host Lawrence Hurley with Thomson Reuters, Supreme Court correspondent. Thank you for breaking it down. Today, aereousa cant stream signals. In a sixthree decision, the startup violated copyrighted work of Major Tv Networks by streaming content to paid subscribers. The tv station owners were the winners and they can continue to expect to be paid for retransmission of the content and channels. The losers were aereo and cord likely to goo is out of business and cord cutters losing a way to watch local tv. In issue we have discussed a lot on cspan as part of our Communicators Program as well. This decision by the court, aereo versus the broadcasters. Take a look at what gordon smith had to say. Hes the president of the association of broadcasters. Here is his reaction to the decision. [video clip] today was theheld fundamental constitutional principle that you cannot take someone elses copyrighted intellectual property and resell it without dealing with the owner of that copyright. However futu