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Akeel, let's begin with you. we have a lot going on in this conversation regarding the confirmation process of brett kavanaugh. what are the things that you're looking for this week? >> well, i'm actually going to be testifying on friday but i don't think i've been fired yet so i'm not former. i'm still there. i think your setup piece nicely cataloged a lot of the process and substantive issue that will arise. my own view is the most important part of the record to examine is his record as a judge. it's the most recent and it's the most probative of what sort of justice he would be. >> aisha, ...

In a letter to congress this week. we know of no administrative actions that could and, therefore, we have no plans that would undue the massive damage to our health care system that would be caused by an adverse decision. what does that damage look like? according to a study by the rand corporation, 9.6 million would lose their insurance in states with federal exchanges and premiums in those states would increase by 47%. still with me is congressman gregory meeks and is joined by a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. akeel amar and amy goodman, host and executive producer of "democracy ...

>> yeah. before this thing got going akeel wrote an interesting op ed piece and said even law students could give the answer he gave if they were taking a final exam they would give the answer he gave prior to the break. of course they would. they were his students. i wonder if now that the decision has been rendered and his students read the decision their exam answers be the same as they were before the decision was reached? >> as i made clear in a series of op-eds and a piece i wrote a year ago, i have always believed this was easily sustainable as a regulation of interstas commerce and fiv...

What's in your wallet? good morning from new york. i'm chris hayes here with yvette clark, democrat from new york representing brooklyn where i live. akeel amar from yale university. ezra clain and ovik roy member of mitt romney's policy group and writer for forbes and the national review. we are talking about health care in the wake of the supreme court decision. we had a fascinating argument with one of the architects of the arguments against the bill. we have moved into policy.

Which the president gets his signature legislation and we get the doctrine we asked for i'm not happy with the outcome. i'm not trying to sugar coat this thing. as for your question, i don't look to republicans as the font of all constitutional wisdom and the fact that republicans may not have given this much constitutional thought is consistent with the fact that congress simply hardly ever gives what they do constitutional thought, republican or democrat. we're supposed to have an independent supreme court to do it and we have eight justices that gave it sustained constitutional thought and ...