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Congress in 1996 that restricts what kind of benefits can go to people in the states who are undocumented or in the words of the government, who are here illegally. it says that includes giving them professional licenses. secondly, the government says it would be illegal to employ him, even if he did get his law license. for both of those reasons, the government opposes this. now, as you pointed out, the state of california takes a different view. the attorney general there has told the state supreme court that who gets a professional license is absolutely a strictly state decision, that it's ...

The party sort of -- you start seeing more and more of these public splits on issues? >> i think so. and i think it's not just what senator portman has said but also trends that his statement reflects which more and more americans have moved in that direction in many cases because of similar experiences with senator portman, people they know and care about who are gay and in relationships and they have made this switch. the interesting thing, though, is that senator rubio who, of course -- >> right. >> -- reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage, rubio and portman, though, are on the sam...

Supreme court case, it is as simple as that federal government has no right to tell individual states that their citizens have to buy anything. that is a state decision to be applied mostly in public safety situations. joining us now in dissent. the president of the american constitution society. where am i going wrong here ms. fred distributionson. >> first, bill, thank you for having me on here on your show. it's a pleasure to be here. i think the first thing i would say in disagreement with that perhaps --ed when founding fathers adopted the constitution they put in the commerce clause spec...

Supreme court case, it is as simple as that federal government has no right to tell individual states that their citizens have to buy anything. that is a state decision to be applied mostly in public safety situations. joining us now in dissent. the president of the american constitution society. where am i going wrong here ms. fred distributionson. >> first, bill, thank you for having me on here on your show. it's a pleasure to be here. i think the first thing i would say in disagreement with that perhaps --ed when founding fathers adopted the constitution they put in the commerce clause spec...

Supreme court case, it is as simple as that federal government has no right to tell individual states that their citizens have to buy anything. that is a state decision to be applied mostly in public safety situations. joining us now in dissent. the president of the american constitution society. where am i going wrong here ms. fred distributionson. >> first, bill, thank you for having me on here on your show. it's a pleasure to be here. i think the first thing i would say in disagreement with that perhaps --ed when founding fathers adopted the constitution they put in the commerce clause spec...