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News to withdraw their request. >> you are not going to do it because there are exceptions to the law. that's your position. i am curious -- maybe you don't know the answer. >> reporter: is the governor able to issue an executive order to change the public records or the law? or does it have to go through the legislature? can they do it on an emergency basis? >> my understanding is that there is a bill penning in the senate that passed to prevent this diap -- type of disclosure. this bill is held up in the assembly. we are okay on the law. we are okay with the case precedent and the statute it...

The law and request the journal news to simply withdraw their request. >> greta: i'm curious, you're not going to do it because there are exceptions to the law and i'm curious and maybe you don't have the answer. is the governor able to serve any executive order to sort of change the public records or to change the law or does it have to go through legislature and can they do it on an emergency basis to give you backup? >> my understanding, greta, passed already a bill pending that would prevent this type of disclosure from taking place. that bill is held up in the assembly. but we're okay, we...

We do not see the federal government suing states often. what do you make of the case? >> okay. i think the feds have a challenge ahead of them frankly. first of all, what the feds are attempting to do is say under the supremacy clause of the constitution, a state statute cannot trump federal law. we have case precedent. just because a state's statute speaks on immigration, according to a supreme court case, it doesn't necessarily invoke preemptings. let's look at the arizona law and the federal immigration laws on the books. the arizona law my opinion, i agree with the state senator that you ...