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We've been following the economic unrest in venezuela and it has actually triggered protests in spain. take a look. thousands of people gathered to show their anger against nicolas maduro. protests come after venezuela's best known dissident was released from prison and granted house arrest. president maduro says he hopes the lopez decision will provide a basis for reconciliation. international pressure is believed to be one of the reasons for the release of lopez. that country is in economic and political turmoil with arising death toll from 100 days of anti-maduro protests. leyla santiago ha...

Remarkable things about watching actually a supreme court argument, because sometimes i go there up and i'm arguing for the government, very sort of -- i mean, you would think it's kind of a favored position to be arguing for the government, and it turns out it's not. it turns out that the justices give you as the government's representative just as hard a time, maybe a harder time, than they give anybody else, and that's the way it should be. whether you're the government, whether you're a corporation, whether you're a person, no matter what kind of person you are, no matter what your wealth,...

In citizens united -- i get a little tired f people on the left side saying it was a terrible case, when frankly, let me make this point, in citizens united, the court listed at least 25 precedents dating back almost 75 years. here's a list of them right here. quote be generally the first amendment protects corporate speech, and specifically, that it protects corporate political speech. now, i'd like to split these cases in the record. on the other side of the precedential skills, a 1990 decision in austin versus michigan chamber of commerce, as the court said in citizens united no other case ...

Refocus this mission in way that convinces our enemies and our friends that that truly is what we're there to accomplish, that we are going to win, we are going to get this done and protect that country and their population and make sure that we prevent that area from becoming a sanctuary where terrorist organizations can plan attacks against the united states or our allies. jon: as you well know president obama has essentially promised that there will be a draw down of troops starting in july of next year if conditions on the ground don't allow that do you suspect that general petraeus will s...

Youngstown analysis, which would be what congress has done, where congress has authorized the president, where congress has said nothing, still another, where congress has specifically barred the activity in question, you're talking about a much, much higher bar for the president to jump over in order for the action to be found constitutional. >> thank you very much. if i might, let me go on to an environmental issue in the commerce clause. and as we all know, the commerce clause is used to legislate many different matters. i think the lopez decision struck all of us very hard. that was a deci...