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Houses but you have a good reason why there would not be. >> i think there would be a first amendment challenge. this law talks about protests not just outside homes but even courthouses. they are intended to intimidate or influence a proceeding. well, if you interpret that broadly you could arrest people outside the supreme court building. i think that courts would very likely adopt a narrow interpretation of that law. and so garland may be reading that -- those tea leaves and saying we are not sure we could make this stick. there are first amendment cases that cut the other way. that doesn't...

Couy Griffin pleaded not guilty to a charge of failure of political committee to register in 12th Judicial District Court Friday, April 1.

Out this phony debate about decorum. but not for yourself. only for the reporters. >> right. we've seen repeatedly the president hold other people to standards that he does not hold himself to. and this is a part of that. and he also rolls this out when he's losing. so in the cnn challenge, that was a first amendment challenge, courts, including the u.s. supreme court, there are few other amendments that are stronger -- more strongly protected than the first amendment. and that case was likely a loser which is one reason they withdrew it. they love a fight with the press but knew they were goi...

Really any president that came before you, you distort the power structure. so by acting like an animal in those press briefings, by as you just said, assaulting verbally the reporters in the room, exercising their first amendment rights, to make yourself feel big when you are small, you trot out this phony debate about decorum. but not for yourself. only for the reporters. >> right. we've seen repeatedly the president hold other people to standards that he does not hold himself to. and this is a part of that. and he also rolls this out when he's losing. so in the cnn challenge, that was a fir...

Them and discredit them because they don't like the content of this former official's speech. to me, that screams first amendment challenge. i wonder, as unusual as this is, does this look like it will turn into a legal fight for brennan or anybody else threatened this way? >> i'm not sure they have a legal case. the president does have this power. he ignored all the channels, the agencies like cia and director of national intelligence that confer these security clearances, in this case the cia because brennan was a former cia director. they're the agencies reviewing and revoking if there is a...