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SIDE OF MANY ISSUES -- YOU HAVE FOUR JUSTICES. JUSTICE KENNEDY HAS REMAINED A SWING VOTER IN MANY AREAS. THE COURT ON THIS QUESTION IS DYNAMIC. YOU HAVE...

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JUSTICE O'CONNOR. TO THE HUGHES COURT. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES WAS A BRILLIANT LAWYER AND HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME VERY BROAD ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION...

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YEARS, OVER 75 YEARS SINCE CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES WAS PRESIDING. IN THE MID 1930'S, THE COURT FIRST STRUCK DOWN BROAD BASE LEGISLATION AND FOUND A CONSTITUTIONAL....

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GRAVITY. THEY ARE GIVING THIS THREE DAYS, WHICH IS AN ETERNITY. JUSTICE ROBERTS IS AN INTERESTING PERSON TO WATCH. MANY OF THE JUSTICES ARE STILL SENSITIVE...

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HIS STARKLY -- IS STARKLY -- HISTORICALLY, HE WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THAT MOVEMENT. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WHETHER ROBERTS AS CHIEF JUSTICE -- HE IS WEARING...

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TO PRESENT A SOLID DECISION. I THINK THAT JUSTICE KENNEDY, WHO IS LIKELY, IF IT IS A", TO BE THE SWING VOTE -- IF THE JUSTICE KENNEDY VOTES TO FIND THE...

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TO CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY. WE KNOW THAT IF THE COURT, FOR EXAMPLE, STRUCK DOWN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SIGNATURE...

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TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. IN TRUTH, I GUESS NOT SIMPLE. IT IS NOT THE SCHOLASTIC -- IN TRUTH, IT IS NOT...

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NOT TO HAVE HIM OUT WITH JUSTICE THOMAS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SUPPORT OF THE STATES. YOU CAPTURE AN ASPECT OF THE COURTS C-SPAN.ORG-- THE COURTS HAVE CHANGED...

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AND DECISION, BECAUSE A CONSERVATIVE DECISION WOULD SAY THAT THE COURTS SHOULD

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HEART IS THAT BACK AT 200 MILLION PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE THIS DECISION

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DISCUSSION WILL BE WHETHER THE CASE IS RIGHT. THE ALLEGED INJURY THE PLAINTIFFS HAVE, THIS

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WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW SHORTLY WITH SENATOR RON JOHNSON OF WISCONSIN, WHO OPPOSES THE HEALTH CARE ACT. WE'RE TALKING WITH JONATHAN TURLEY, LAW PROFESSOR...

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WHY OUR TRADITIONS IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES? TRADITIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. WHAT I DO

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YOU ARE ON THE AIR. CALLER: 94 IS SUSPENDED I HAD AN IDEA WHILE WATCHING THI -- THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I HAD AN IDEA OF WATCHING THIS, BEING THAT OBAMA...

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ON A COMPLETE TECHNICALITY BY DEMOCRATS. SOMEBODY SUGGESTED THAT ONE OF THE JUSTICES SHOULD BE RECUSED, A WOMAN, THE LATEST WOMAN? HOST: YES, JUSTICE...

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QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER JUSTICE KAGAN SHOULD HAVE RECUSED HERSELF. I TEND TO THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE

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NOT. VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, "WE THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE RECUSED YOURSELF." THERE ARE ALSO

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PRESIDENT -- NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CONFIRMED BY

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I HAVE TO BUY AUTO INSURANCE BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE HOWEVER, I DID NOT CHOOSE TO BE BORN. HOW CAN I BE TAXED, PENALIZED, OR OTHERWISE SIMPLY...

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HAS GONE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON FEDERALISM TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LINE STANDS. OUR CONSTITUTION

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CASES LIKE MORRISON, LOPEZ, WHERE IT WAS STRUCK DOWN. IN THOSE CASES, KENNEDY VOTED TO STRIKE DOWN THOSE LAWS. THEN YOU HAD CASES WHERE KENNEDY AND...

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WILLIAM, DEMOCRATIC CALLER IN VIRGINIA, GO AHEAD. CALLER: YES, GOOD MORNING, C- SPAN. I THINK IT IS JUST A LACK OF

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CALLER HAS A POINT, THAT THE GOVERNMENT REGULATES A NUMBER OF THINGS IN OUR LIVES --

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MR. TURLEY, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THESE JUSTICES. WILL THEY BE CHANGING THEIR MINDS BASED ON TODAY AND TOMORROW'S ORAL...

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DOING GUEST HOSTING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" IN THE MORNING? I REALLY MISS HIM. I LIKE TO PLAY A GAME CALLED "KING OF THE WORLD," AND I WONDER IF IT IS...

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TO PAY THE MEDICARE PREMIUM ONCE YOU ARE 65 AND ON MEDICARE, THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE

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EXAMPLE, CONSIDER THE POLITICAL ASPECTS THAT WENT INTO THE PASSING OF LEGISLATION. THERE ARE THINGS YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WATCH BEING MADE. THE SUPREME...

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HER JOB AS A JUSTICE AND I THINK SHE WOULD DO THAT. ALSO, THEY SAID THIS SHOULD BE A STATE ISSUE. YOU KNOW IT SHOULD NOT. WE ARE IN FLORIDA, AND WE...

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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE REGULATING COMMERCE IN 1874, AND ANOTHER DECISION WHERE CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL TALKED ABOUT THE BROAD REACH OF CONGRESS...

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TO BET THAT JUSTICE THOMAS WILL ASK NO QUESTIONS. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SILENT JUSTICE. HE DOES NOT LIKE TO DO THIS TYPE OF EXCHANGE. PEOPLE LIKE SCALIA...

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TECHNICAL AND ARCANE. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER IT WILL BE A TAX OR PENALTY. DE ADMINISTRATION HAS A DILEMMA HERE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE USED BOTH TERMINOLOGIES,...

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CRITICALLY

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OWNER, MANUFACTURER, LEGISLATOR. COLLECTIVELY, AS UNITED STATES CITIZENS, WE ARE SUFFERING FROM STOCKHOLM SYNDROME. WE'RE BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY ATTORNEYS...

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ELECTED, THEY TRIED BUT I AM NOT SURE THEY SUCCEEDED BEING A PARTY TO THAT. >> AND WILL WE FIND OUT WHETHER THE COURT CAN GO AHEAD AND DECIDE THE REST...

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CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE. IF THEY DECIDES IT WE DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION, IT WILL BE DELAYED. THIS IS JUST DELAY ACTION FOR MY STANDPOINT....

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WE ARE LISTENING, DON. CALLER: 100% PAPER MONEY -- MONEY SUPPLY. STEP 2 IS LOCAL

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CALLER: YES, I BELIEVE IT IS A FINE AND IT IS A TAX. THE MAIN REASON THEY GAVE US FOR

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TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A BROAD BASED PIECE OF LEGISLATION, NOT UNLIKE THE LEGISLATION PASSED DURING THE NEW DEAL. THE QUESTION FOR THE JUSTICES IS WHETHER...

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ON THE INDIVIDUAL CASES. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS HAS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ROLE HERE. HE IS REALLY THE PROTECTOR OF THE COURT INSTITUTIONALLY. HE IS...

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A CONFERENCE. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? GUEST: THEY MAKE THE INITIAL DIVISION OF THE VOTES, AND THE KEY HERE IS THAT THE HIGHEST- RANKING JUSTICE ON EACH SIDE...

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DEMOCRATIC CALLER IN NEW JERSEY. CALLER: HOW YOU DOING? MAYBE I AM NOT REAL EDUCATED ON THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT I FIND IT

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CALLGUEST: THE JUSTICES READ THE BRIEFS AND HEAR THE ARGUMENTS AND TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE. THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE...

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THEMSELVES TEND NOT TO BETRAYED THE CONFIDENCE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES, AND THAT IS GREATLY TO THEIR CREDIT. ALSO, HOW THEY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN THE CONFERENCE...

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TKAGAN. JANE, YOU ARE UP

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D PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN WHERE CITIZENS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE HEALTH INSURANCE? WE PAY A PENALTY. IN 2006, THE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN. HOST: YES,...

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DON, INDEPENDENT IN NEW MEXICO. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. CALLER: THIS IS A QUESTION A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING

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HIPPOCRATIC OATH? IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE JUST A TRANSACTION. IF YOU WERE SICK, YOU BROUGHT IN MONEY, YOU WERE TREATED. BUT WE HAVE THIS HIPPOCRATIC...

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LEE, DEMOCRATIC CALLER IN GEORGIA. CALLER: A QUESTION IS, CAN AN ARGUMENT BE MADE THAT THIS GOES TO NATIONAL DEFENSE? WE HAVE TO

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THERE. PROFESSOR SAM, CAN I HAVE A WAY AND ON THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE? GUEST: THERE IS AMPLE AUTHORITY IN THE CONSTITUTION, AT...

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SUSPECT THAT SIX OF THEM KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT IN ALMOST EVERY DETAIL. I CAUTION THE

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EXCLUDED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ONLY MEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY AT THE TIME. IN THE HEALTH-CARE LAW, THERE AERRE SOME THAT DON'T BELIEVE IN CARRYING INSURANCE,...

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REFERRED TO SEVERAL PAST THINGS WHERE THE SUPREME COURT HAD TO JUDGE ON CONGRESS, AND I WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT, TITLE 7

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MORNING, YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG LADY. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO SENIOR CITIZENS, 74 YEARS

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NOT AN EXPERT ON HEALTH CARE, BUT I THINK THAT THE REGULATION WILL AFFECT YOU AS IT AFFECTS OTHER

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CERTAIN PREDISPOSITIONS, THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE, BUT ONE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY STILL LOOK TO THE CASE AND THAT ACT -- AND THE FACTS AND THE PRECEDENTS...

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TODAY IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THE THRESHOLD ISSUE, IF IT GOES AGAINST BOTH PARTIES AND THE COURT DECIDES THIS IS A TAX, YOU LOVE, ALL DRESSED UP FOR NOTHING....