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>> e.j., the supreme court, understandably, has a way of settling things. they reach a decision then that's it. at least that's it legislatively. no one tries to make any real moves after that. but this decision is going to be made right in the middle of a presidential campaign where one campaign, the republican campaign, is going to say, if the court doesn't rule it unconstitutional, the republican candidate is going to say, repeal it. i mean, even romney's position is repeal it, get rid of it, throw it out. and so the decision which is likely to be 5-4 one way or the other, you can see where...

Settling things. they reach a decision then that's it. at least that's it legislatively. no one tries to make any real moves after that. but this decision is going to be made right in the middle of a presidential campaign where one campaign, the republican campaign, is going to say, if the court doesn't rule it unconstitutional, the republican candidate is going to say, repeal it. i mean, even romney's position is repeal it, get rid of it, throw it out. and so the decision which is likely to be 5-4 one way or the other, you can see where it's going to be in a certain way the beginning of the c...

Point. that should be a no-brainer from what the republicans running from this issue now. we shouldn't even have to ask for that. we should ask for something bigger. we have a speculator task to rein in speculation and we move commodity futures trading commission and move their proposed limits forward and we can do it legislatively. we have to stop this speculating on the market that's adding so much to it the price that is dragging down our economy as the secretary pointed out. if the republicans really care about the american people and about our consumers and about the future of our economy...

>> mark halperin, is the white house nervous about acting on immigration reform in a substantial way before the fall election? >> they're nervous about acting on it legislatively. they think the people in congress who want to push this november are nuts because there's no chance for it to pass. >> so they'll talk about it -- >> i think what they are anxious to do is to go into court. i think they'll certainly applaud those who are going to court to challenge the law. and they will applaud -- and they will, even on their own, file friend of the court or maybe their own. >> reverend, why not jus...

Doesn't have the equivalent to a tip o'neal. i think to some extent, he needs to unvelcro himself from the congress rather than saying, well, let's try and do it legislatively. maybe more the road they do down for a while because they've got to start moving forward to do the people's work and it's hard to see how that's going to happen right now. >> rick, any reporting on the possibility of what we're seeing on the polls and what mika and i have been hearing about the need for possibly a third party or independent presidential. >> one of the things that peter writes about in terms of how to ge...