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Being tried by two sovereigns, the federal government and then any state government. >> the state, for instance. >> exactly. in addition to, that gun ddy versus the united states. the sex offender registry case prompting questions about congressional power. again, we're looking at this idea whof who has jurisdiction. >> yeah and we've just put a person who has been accused of sexual assault on the court to decide that, to be the swing vote in that case. i don't think it looks good for -- >> to some of the specifics, it's whether congress can say okay, federal agencies, you can make your own po...

Temper, but that's not judicial temperament. >> it doesn't show partisanship? if he gets to the court -- >> that's a different question. >> gerrymandering cases, right? >> that's a totally different question. now you're saying, is he too political? it's an entirely different debate. it feels like the goalposts keep moving. >> and we do have to pay for this show and get commercials in. otherwise i would love to have that debate. thank you all very much. so, the senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley says nothing to see here. more on what we're hearing as people are poring through this fbi r...

>> jill wine-banks i know you have argued cases to the supreme court. i want to get your reaction to what it will mean to practitioners as a legal practitioner who have this kennedy seat filled by let's just say another version of neil gorsuch? >> i think the different between the gorsuch appointment which was replacing a conservative with a conservative, is this is replacing a person who actually listened to arguments on both sides and who was a centrist in a way, not as much of a centrist as he is known as because he's done a lot of decisions that i would consider to be bad, hobby lobby, gor...

>> i think the different between the gorsuch appointment which was replacing a conservative with a conservative, is this is replacing a person who actually listened to arguments on both sides and who was a centrist in a way, not as much of a centrist as he is known as because he's done a lot of decisions that i would consider to be bad, hobby lobby, gore versus bush, many others, some of the gerrymandering cases, some of the voting rights cases, but he was more of a person who was known at least as a decisive factor in the 5-4 decisions. so it's much more important that the democrats stand up ...

The supreme court today side stepping decisions in two major gerrymandering cases, allowing voter redirecting maps in wisconsin and maryland to stand for now. it is a blow to democrats in wisconsin. pete williams joins me now from the supreme court. so, there are other cases out there, they're still looking for a case, but i guess they don't want to get involved in this. >> reporter: well, for 50 years, andrea, the supreme court has struggled with this question, can redirecting become so partisan, can the party in power so disadvantage the other power that it becomes unconstitutional. the chal...