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yates is doing the right thing. i think that s right. the justice department even though it s part of the executive branch there s a strong tradition of independence and of taking seriously their obligation to uphold the constitution, first and foremost. i think that s what you re seeing today in sally yates decision. i suspect she has a lot of support in the rank and file which is only going to complicate matters for president trump if he decides that before jeff sessions is confirmed, he fires her. laura coats is still with us. you were a former u.s. assistant attorney, and in the civil rights decision. you know a lot of these officials. how do you think they re going to react to the extraordinary news we re covering right now? i think they re extraordinarily relieved. they have some direction and guidance at how not to proceed. and most were scrambling friday and saturday at the airports and the other places trying to figure out what their role
when we do a pattern and practice investigation, particularly the subpoenas involving use of force, deadly force and accountability, what we are looking at to see is how does the chicago police department track and treat those types of actions. so a lot of the review that we do is of the systems of the chicago police department and of course that will entail a review of how they handle specific matters. but what we are looking at is to see whether or not the police department as systemic matter has engaged in constitutional violations of policing. this involves a review as you know of a host of evidence, but because this case will be worked in conjunction with the civil rights decision and the u.s. attorney s office of the northern district of illinois, we feel confident that we will be able to cover that. the evidence will officials at city hall be part of this review and secondly, a
keilar. you re getting a lot of reaction from the democratic presidential candidates, all of whom clearly are welcoming this supreme court decision. very much so, wolf. let s start with hillary clinton. she tweeted out, proud to celebrate a historic victory for marriage equality and the courage and determination of lgbt americans who made it possible. she also tweeted out a map with no states highlighted, really all states highlighted saying that this is her new favorite map where states where marriage equality are law. we also heard from bernie sanders who is commending this equal justice under law saying that is engraved upon the building of the supreme court and endorsing the court s decision. and we heard from martin o malley, former governor of maryland, saying that the court made the right decision. but you know, wolf, this is an issue that democrats are certainly through a political frame excited about for 2016 because this is something that revs up their base.
will talk about. i don t know how long lasting this other change. is but you have democrats and republicans who don t talk to each other in south carolina to mourn this tragedy. you have whites and blacks in south carolina of both parties who don t often congregate together to say let s do something. you have both politically and in the corporate sphere this reaction to take down the confederate flag, to get it out of the marketplace, to get it off the public grounds. where will we be in this conversation a month from now? we don t know. it s fascinating. a ronald reagan appointed supreme court justice who is the decisive vote in favoring equal rights for gay americans. equal rights and al civil rights moment, 14th amendment, equal protection under the law. a great civil rights moment. this decision will be hailed as a civil rights decision. on the flip side of that, a white supremacist goes and