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This is not likely to happen. the civil contempt charge is referred to a federal judge to decide if holder must turn over more documents. today, attorney general eric holder called this for what it is. >> today's vote may make for good political theater in the minds of some, but it is at base both a crass effort and grave to the american people. ultimately, their goal was the vote that, with the help of special interests, they now have engineered. a great deal of work for the american people remains to be done. i'm going to be getting back to it. i suggest that those who orchestrated today's v...

a 5-4 decision in the end, it was john roberts, the chief justice appointed by president bush who saved the health care law. senator obama voted against roberts confirmation in 2005. roberts went against his four conservative justices ruling that the individual mandate, which requires people to buy health insurance was a tax, not a penalty that falls under the congressional power to levy taxes. a harsh oped said the remarkable decision upholding the affordable care act is shot through with confusion. the mandate that's really a tax except when it isn't and the government whose powers...

Can celebrate. roberts citing with the conservatives you can't justify the obamacare individual mandate on the grounds of expansion of the power of government on the commerce clause, which is the central argument. ans in, the fact is -- nonetheless, they t fact is they won on this. the contempt charge, doesn't have a lot of traction. because it will end up with a judge now, and it could be a very long drawn-out process, it could etch go way beyond election day. again, i think what remains is the supreme court decision and this will be probably footnote. >> bret: chris, congressman issa who hea...

In i.c.e.'s investigation. this contempt charge against eric holder only lasts until about january 2013 when the congress ends, tamron, so it's anyone's guest as to what this does. there's not a lot of teeth here in my conversations with legal analysts. it gives house republicans this red meat issue they want that eric holder is corrupt. democrats are fed up, a lot of them are going to be walking off the floor today. nancy pelosi says she will not actually walk off the floor. but the timing is interesting that this whole action is coming on the same day as the supreme court ruling, it shows th...

There's a problem with that argument now because we know of at least one democrat, democrat from utah, a six termer in congress by the name of jim mathis mathisen. it looks like he's going to vote for the contempt charge. keep in mind, last year, 31 democrats sent a letter to the president of the united states saying they had grave concerns about fast & furious. "the hill" newspaper polled them and of those 31, only four said they would vote against it. there could be a whole bunch of democrats voting yes with the republicans. >> of course that would not be in keeping with the narrative that t...