I think we could have won without patent. I think we could have one without lemonade i dont think lemay. The greeks wouldve even thought or without dallas stars, the emperor would not have recovered much of the western part of the byzantineroman empire. I dont think there was a Union General allies who couldve taken atlanta at the cost that we took it, very small cost compared to was going on in virginia i dont know anybody who couldve done what Matthew Ridgeway and i wish i couldve said they were american generals, not very many couldve done what David Petraeus did. I was trying to look at unique individual struck history chronologically to try to remind us that even the therapeutic, sociological and of hightech that the human qualities remain constant across time and space. Few readers and few historians would dispute that some of the people that you select were indeed saviors for the country. And i think theres a great example undoubtedly, he said the greek city states. They might a
United on eight justices who did endorse the disclosure current requirements. Only Justice Thomas dissented in that decision. I know it doesnt look very hopeful i think that congress is the way theyre on a deeing regulation trend until the Supreme Court. What can change normal terms of obama or anyone else couldnt even get through nominations for regular courts though Supreme Court. The president ial elections do matter. Hi, im jim. My question deals with roberts vote on the health care issue. Do you think he was motivated by the fear that the court began to look like a political entity rather than a jurisprudence entity . Youre welcome to speak to this too. Its probably one of the most common questions we get, isnt it . Yeah. Do i think so . No. I take him at the word. I take him as sincerely trying to grapple with the issues presented in that case. I think he was first inclined to vote with the four conservatives and strike the law down as violating the Commerce Clause. When they cam
Investigative agencies. With a raid into was a situation that was really upside down. Normally they would try to find evidence and then find out what is going on and they found nothing. They couldnt find any crimes. So they did file a report saying that we dont have anything on these guys and they had seen most of them as being like dirt farmers. Sort of an agricultural bounty of afghanistan. [inaudible question] is rhythmic that all of these legal issues arise in context with the situations for all of us. And its great that we can learn about our systems of justice from this. Particularly for the folks that are being prosecuted. Given that the administration has made clear that even if they are found innocent, they have shaped the case. And if you do conclude that this is theater for the entertainment of americans are we finding that the real aim for one of the things coming out of it is there is a use of these to control how this is told by the media and exemplified by how tightly th
Lawyer who brought sit Citizens United. At the Supreme Court, they said sorry, Citizens United applied even though two justice said it might be good to look at the law perhaps the premise which citizen united is based on is weak if you look at what is happening with money in election but the court didnt have a signed decision. It just said we are not going to hear the case. Citizens united applied. They overturned the montanas Supreme Courts ruling . Yes. I call this a bold conservative majority and this is a good example. There are no regrets. I am not sure what might happen if guns comes up again. But i would be surprised if they backtrack on the District Of Columbia gun decision. They will probably not backtrack on the individual holding rights. But i think it will be interesting to see what they say on questions that are coming about gun regulations and what kind of scrutiny the court should give to gun regulation. No, i think this court doesnt have many regrets yet. What surprised
House leaders for delaying a vote on hurricane assistance. We spoke with a reporter about todays action. Later, houser speaker john baier met with the new jersey delegation about funding saying the should be the First Priority. After a day of heated remarks about not considering a disaster aid spending bill, there will be a vote after all. Carrie young is joining us. What happened . They are moving ahead. The most urgent need is flawed programs which is going to have some trouble. We will see that on friday. And theyre picking up the rest of the package on january 15. Why did they not schedule a vote before the end of the congress . They expected to go back to this in january. There was a lot going on behind the scenes. She started to talk about how it will work Going Forward. Can you elaborate . What is happening next . The most dire need is expressing the Flood Program. Maybe around that was the same that president obama was requesting. They will come back in on the 15th. There is a