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Article ii, section ii. the president shall have power to grant repraoefs and pardoning for offenses against the united states, except in cases of impeachment. >> every power of the president is limited by the impeachment clause. it says if you commit treason, bribery or other high crimes of misdemeanors, you are to be removed from office after you're convicted by the senate. there is a clear signal that no presidential power is totally absolute. if, for example, the president accepts bribes in order to pardon his buddies, his friends, that is a high crime and misdemeanor. if the president use...

States. this is the constitution of the united states. it says congress has the only power to wage war. article ii, section ii, says the president is the commander in chief to conduct the war. no war was declared against the syrian government. even though -- >> are you saying that this is -- >> we didn't attack the syrian government. >> do you see this as war? >> of course it is. it is an act of war. when you bomb somebody, that is an act of war, no doubt about it. and, you know, that's just -- that is the definition of an act of war. unfortunately, the president didn't take the time to come t...

Come here, refugees or not, the fight against them, et cetera, that this can become a legal issue in a different way? >> absolutely. i really do, fredricka, and a defining moment. and here's why. you have various states who are pushing back. and what are they saying? we're not accepting any refugees. >> and do they have the legal right to do that -- >> they don't. they don't. >> there's a federal directive, but then states say, no. >> that's absolutely right, fredricka. and the number of bases as to why they don't. number one, there's a refugee act, and essentially passed in 1980, 35 years ago...

Whole lot. >> maybe you'd agree with him there. it's campaign season. you said he's being political. he says the other candidates are political. does he have a point? >> not at all. again, i don't need a lesson in constitutional law from a medical doctor. i'm a constitutional lawyer. my father is a surgeon. if my father said somebody of any faith should not be a president of the united states, e i'd say you're not fit to be president of the united states yourself. section ii of the no religious test clause is the constitution should be the supreme law of the land. it shows no other land can tr...

Fact that on the day we're commemorating the sell are a-to-montgomery march the supreme court is deciding part of the voting rights act, arguably the most important part. >> obviously it's highly ironic. i mean, the debate in the supreme court is still reverberating, and, of course, i'm speaking about justice scalia and that outrageous comment about section 5 being a perpetuation of racial entitlement which sounds like it's straight out of the jim crowe talking points. >> you know, president obama misspoke about the jedi mind meld and you have to wonder at some point if mr. scalia had undergon...