interesting that s exactly what the obama administration is hoping these judges will say. and yet there s no reason to believe that the united states supreme court will say it. when appeals court judges give opinions, they are required to find some basis for the opinion other than their own thoughts. a previous opinion that a court of equal level has written or, better yet, an opinion that the supreme court has written. when judge silver match, and i have great respect for him, he was appointed by president george h.w. bush, that s his own view. there s no case law that says that. the supreme court is free when it reviews this to accept or reject it. the whole issue comes down to the way you articulate it. can the government make you buy something you might not want, might not be able to afford from a company you never heard of for the common good? answer either yes or no. martha: fascinating, and on we go to the supreme court. very soon. maybe before the 2012 election which will
right. well, the governor, the legislature decided they needed to take action on this issue because the federal government is not doing its duty, obviously. the governor signed the bill. now i think it s been in place for some time, portions of it. they are realizing there are probably things that need to be addressed, and unfortunately we weren t consulted when the law was written. my job is to defend it. i m hoping they ll consult with us as we move forward so if there are any changes to be made we ll work with them to do that. bill: you know it s getting a lot of attention, as are other states, it began in arizona, then went to utah, alabama is in the crosshairs on this, too, but if it were to be simplified, how would you do that, sir? right. well, that s a good question. it s a very contentious issue. you know, there are many ways you could do that. i m hesitant to give recommendations to the legislature. they are the representatives of the people of the state. they made a deci
blood bloodstream. that turned out not to be true. then they accused ms. kraushaar of being a democrat, which she s a career employee of the government. and they said her son works at politico. a former writer was completely unrelated to her. they undermine their own credibility when they say things they can t prove or that are proved not to be true. mr. block went on television last night and said, well, her son works at politico. guess what? it wasn t her son. it was no relationship at all except they simply had the last name. bill: it goes to credibility. we ll see how this all goes. karl, thank you. enjoy arizona. martha? martha: here s a big question this morning, does the federal government have the right to force regulation on you? it is a central question in the fight against president obama s health care law in terms of the mandate which we have all talked so much about. so now a judge has ruled, and judge andrew napolitano is here
martha: we ve got some breaking news for you. just moments ago, crossing wires, news that joe paterno, legendary penn state football coach announced he will resign at the end of this season. that is raising some questions as well. he says he will resign at the end of the season. we ll talk more about that coming up. bill: more breaking news on a fox news alert. he is known for speaking his mind loud and clear. illinois republican joe walsh in a tense exchange with a event, cup of joe with joe walsh. we have our hands on this videotape. sparks started flying once the conversation turned to role of big banks and financial collapse. watch how it unfolded. joe, look at people, paulson, whoever else keep going from big bank. go into fed government. then they go back into the banks and keep row trading. rotating. i agree with you about that. that s not the problem!.
at cup of joe event. i need more coffee. they re screaming decaf, please. give the man decaf. governor pataki not the way you usually deal with your constituents. i think decaf would have helped, martha, a great deal. martha: you have two stories. one how he is dealing with the folks. we should point out the person shot video there were troublemakers in the room got him so riled up. that is how we got riled up. we seen him riled up before. that is not all that unusual in his behavior. that is one thing. the other thing is the underlying sentiment he is saying. the underlying sentiment were two points, three points. two which i agree with. we have too much regulation from the federal government. i think that s true. the second the housing crisis and a lot of banking crisis resulted from federal government actions. i think that is true. where i disagree with the congressman, i think the banks in many instances were at fault. i don t think republicans should be out there, defending co