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It lacks the power of the sword. the only way the court can compel us to obey what it says is that we believe that what the court is doing is legitimate. >> you tweeted something that justice clarence thomas said earlier this week. you said justice thomas saying the quiet part out loud. substantive due process rights originate in the discredited lochner doctrine. what does that mean to us non-legal people? >> justice clarence thomas has been pretty stalwart and staunch on this. he said this ever since he joined the court in 1991. he does not believe that the 14th amendment provides a fundament...

It's going to assign 22 immigration judges just to work on these remain in mexico cases in order to make sure that, you know, the process is quick and i think this shows that mexico has had leverage in this process. the biden administration is facing record numbers of people crossing the border over the past year and they increasingly need mexico's help in order to manage these enormous flows of migrants not only from mexico and central america but from all over the western hemisphere. >> nick, thank you for being with me. still ahead, the supreme court is deciding the future of abortion rig...

>> barbara, what do you think this decision potentially could mean for the court as an institution? >> i thought those were very powerful words from justice sotomayor. the tradition of the supreme court and what gives the court its legitimacy but causes people to obey its orders is the notion that it is deciding cases based on fact and law and respecting precedent under the concept of stare decisis. sometimes cases get overruled but there's a process for that, based on the reliance of the law, looking at the consistency with other laws, deciding whether the standard has been workable in practi...

Requirements. with me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell. how likely is it the government will get a funding bill through the senate? >> reporter: good morning, jose. that's still the question. it was big news this morning, the fact that republican and democratic leadership came to an agreement to pass a short term government funding bill through february 18th. so that is the first step. but in this senate, there's other problems, that is like you mentioned senator mike lee and senator marshall of kansas want to hold up the process because they are opposed to funding...

>> so the house is going to wait to see what happens on saturday, because 18 minutes before the house vote or the january 6th select committee voted last night to refer this criminal contempt charge, jeffrey clark's letter sent a lawyer -- jeffrey clark's lawyer sent a letter. he's likely to plead the fifth but will appear and go through that process. so that deposition is scheduled for saturday. the house is going to hold off on a full vote to see how saturday goes. we're a little bit of a waiting game right now as is the house to see how things play out and what bay jeffrey clark cooperates....