n nontransferable to ken a lid on prices, but a lot of people say the real issue here is competition or lack thereof and so you got to wonder whether or not this hearing will create the political cover for the justice department to actually file an antitrust lawsuit against live nation? north blumenthal suggested one solution here is to have the doj unwind the controversial 2010 merger between live nation and ticketmaster that created this ticket behemoth in the first place, abby. i got to give senator blumenthal credit for that one. but, matt, in that very vein about competition or lack t thereof, the justice department just sued google. what is going on with that. reporter: it is a blockbuster case. the doj and eight states are alleging that google has unfairly competed in the online market. they say google is illegally staying dominant via a campaign
plus, superior nutrition. which is now more important than ever. only eggland s best. next week the supreme court is set to hear oral arguments in more versus harper. a blockbuster case which could effect our nation for decades. it will decide if the north carolina spear supreme court has merit to strike down the gerrymandering congressional map for violating the north carolina constitution. reporter republicans in north carolina arguing state courts
is set to hear oral arguments in more versus harper. a blockbuster case which could effect our nation for decades. it will decide if the north carolina spear supreme court has merit to strike down the gerrymandering congressional map for violating the north carolina constitution. reporter republicans in north carolina arguing state courts don t have the authority to second guess certain election rules under the state constitution because of a truly bonkers concept known as the independent state legislator theory. the theory is a dangerous and formally fringe legal a large event that was mainstreamed by trump supporters who used a version of that argument in their attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. thomas wolf, deputy director of democracy program at the brennan center for justice laid out the stakes of this case this week, saying, in part,
a rainy day in the nation s capital. second amendment case is considered the biggest dealing with gun rights in more than a decade. it deals with whether the empire state, new york state conceal carry law violates the second amendment to the constitution. the century old new york law requires gun owners to show proper cause to carry a gun for self-defense in public. right now it is up to local authorities to decide the parameters for giving out the concealed carry licenses. another high-profile case about separation of church and state specifically this man coach joe kennedy, a former high school football coach in seattle, washington who went to the supreme court for his job back after he claims he was fired for praying on the field at the end of football games. no question bill and dana, the blockbuster case of this term, the future of abortion access in this country. the justices heard a mississippi law that would outlaw abortion after 15 weeks and the nine justices may go
they let, for example, let the timing of the decisions slip into the month of july and maybe even after the fourth of july, that would be almost unprecedented. i think that s kind of the housekeeping component of the supreme court that everyone is watching carefully because we have never been in a world where we had such a leak take place in such a huge case, any case for that matter but the blockbuster case like the dobbs abortion case. mike: gentlemen with different views speaking nicely, making our cases before our audience, how refreshing, thank you. thanks, mike. thanks, mike. mike: border officials still seeing soaring number of migrants as the summer heat sets in, we will have live reports from the rio grande valley after the break.