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Supreme court trying to stop these guys i'm practically on a first name basis with the bailiff. >> that was awkward. also last month, lindsey graham sounded the tea party bugel horn by blaming russia's invasion of ukraine on benghazi. >> when you kill americans and nobody pays a price, you i viet this type of aggression. and jon cornyn with this epic tweet after the administration truck a deal to halt iran's nuclear deal last fall. amazing what the white house will do to distract attention from obamacare. he will tell his constituents, i think the current administration has taken lying to a ne...

Post" and rick tiler is a republican strategist. is it a case that having benefitted from the energy of the tea party, now in order to survive the tea party, republicans essentially have to become the tea party. >> no, i don't think so. i think the tea party as you know is not one thing. the tea party here in southwest florida is different than the tea party two coupties over. has loose affiliation with the state. but i think overall, the tea party has really mostly in large part, the last several years has assimilated into the republican party. and that is, they have made it more conservative...

while not taking a position on the constitutionality of affirmative action itself, the court says states have a right to vote on whether or not to ban it. justice anthony kennedy wrote for the majority saying quote, there is no authority in the constitution of the united states or in this court's precedence for the judiciary to set aside michigan laws that commit this policy determination to the voters. deliberative debate on sensitive issues such as racial preferences all too often may shade into rancor, but that does not justify removing certain court determined issues from the vot...

michigan whose voters amended their constitution in 2006 to ban affirmative action. a lower court of appeals had overturned the state's action, saying the majority could not place unique burdens on minorities. but today in a 6-2 decision, with justice kagan recusing herself, the supreme court disagreed. while not taking a position on the constitutionality of affirmative action itself, the court says states have a right to vote on whether or not to ban it. justice anthony kennedy wrote for the majority saying quote, there is no authority in the constitution of the united states or in ...

fallen on the street. claiming no russian soldiers were occupying crimea. >> he denied that there were any russian troops in crimea, occupying crimea. >> he really denied there were troops in crimea? >> yes, he did. >> i think that it is clear that russia has been working hard to create a pretext for being able to invade further. >> trying to give putin room to save face and back off. >> there is a strong belief that russia's action is violating international law. president putin seems to have a different set of lawyers making a different set of interpretations, but i don't think tha...