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Our next guest says it's so much more than that. susan estridge is a professor of political science at university of california. today's segment is spot on for what you do every day, susan, teaching students about this paroles. great to see you. >> great to see you, too. >> maybe you could me understand, why isn't the system uniform everywhere? why isn't it we all caucus or all have primaries? why do we need primaries in the place if it's the party that ultimately sides the candidate, or should it be winner take all or proportionate? >> those are a bunch of really good and hard questions. let ...

>> i haven't been in law school in a long time, but constitutional law is the backbone of this nation, right? and the constitution doesn't even provide for the political parties, yet the supreme court has upheld their right to have so much authority over the nominating process. how do you feel about that as someone who shares these principles with the future lawyers and political followers of tomorrow? >> well, you know, i have to be honest, i teach my students that principle is a hard thing to find in election law. you know, you look at what's going on in florida right now, and you've got new...