presence further into ukraine. mol he loly, thank you very for that report. gregg? an attorney for california students banned from wearing american flag t-shirts in their high school is calling the latest ruling absolutely ridiculous. a federal appeals court saying their rights were not violated when the school told them to hide the american flag logos or go home, fearing it could incite violence on cinco de mayo. joining us are defense attorneys and former prosecutors. good to see you both. there is a long and distinguished history of the supreme court saying that the rights of students can be compromised if what they are communicating could insight violence. so what about this, doug? well, you look at the ninth circuit opinion and it s very
fight with lyndon johnson over medicare and the words he used was that it would compel all americans to spend their sunset years telling their children and their children s children how it was when men were free, and that is what it is like. and however, medicare has been sustained and approved, but the public sentiment lay ahead. one thing we have not gotten and what the president has been trying to do today which as you say is to make a clear understanding of what this bill is about. because lincoln said with public sentiment nothing can fail and without it nothing can succeed. so without it, he who encourages it, will continue. and so that is the battle of the louise ads with president clinton, and so that is the side that americans have to come down on. thank you, doris kearns goodwin. just a little past the hour, and the supreme court has upheld the sweeping health care reform law proposed by president obama. i m candy crowley. in a 5-4 decision, the court upheld the i
against a right wing organization that has ties to harlon crow. the decision was 8-1. now, i will make you name the eight justices that ruled against mr. crow s organization, but take a guess as to who ruled in favor of it. joining me now is marjorie cone, she s a profess earth thomas jefferson school of law and author of cowboy republic, six ways the bush gang has defied the law. welcome. great to have you was tonight. my pleasure, ed. what do you make of this? is thomas too politically connected? are there too many favors here? absolutely, ed. judges have a duty to refrain from any kind of behavior that has even the appearance of impropriety and remember the citizens united case? one of the worst cases in the history of the supreme court which gave corporations the right to put unlimited amounts
together at events with prominent republicans. two years ago in a voting rights case the supreme court ruled against a right wing organization that has ties to harlon crow. the decision was 8-1. now, i will make you name the eight justices that ruled against mr. crow s organization, but take a guess as to who ruled in favor of it. joining me now is marjorie cone, she s a profess earth thomas jefferson school of law and author of cowboy republic, six ways the bush gang has defied the law. welcome. great to have you was tonight. my pleasure, ed. what do you make of this? is thomas too politically connected? are there too many favors here? absolutely, ed. judges have a duty to refrain from any kind of behavior that has even the appearance of impropriety and remember the citizens united case? one of the worst cases in the history of the supreme court
this seemed like a very big gun ruling. at one level, the supreme court is a very small institution. there are very few people who working there. and the court said good-bye to two of its favorite people. one was marty ginzberg and you could see justice sko john pa stevens served for one-sixth of the history of the supreme court which is what 35 years is. in between those two you had one of the biggest decisions in many years. justice alito wrote that the second amendment right to keep