a couple of reasons this is very significant. one is, there is going to be something done about this looming debt crisis and it s either going to be done by iviscerating the safety net or the way taxes are paid in this country. it s a huge he decision. and we re not really resolving just the 2012 election. we re probably resolving the 2016 election here because the economy has begun to improve and in part because of the policies put in place, things should be humming along quite nicely by 2016. so probably the party that is elected tonight will be in power for the next eight years and likely the congressional majority teas will follow and i am pli meant its will. katherine, it s even beyond, in my opinion, the next eight years. because whoever is elected tomorrow will probably select one to three supreme court
than the details. what s at stake is a big very, very big thing. it s about protecting decades of progressive ideas. it s about protecting the security that fdr social security program has given generations of americans. it s about preserving lbj s medicare program with 50 million seniors depend on. it s about depending the president on the president s health care law, a program progressives have fought for for 100 years. presidential elections are important. they are battle of ideas that only come around every four years. in 2012, the question is, are we better off together or should we lead people to face their troubles alone? for decades, we ve known the gop s answer. they have been against government. just like the hero ronald reagan was against medicare 50 years ago. behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country, until one day, as norman thomas said, we will wait until we have socialism. one of
a policy that has nothing to do with the arizona case. the president said at a news conference that the new program is the right thing to do in light of congress failure to pass the administration s proposed revision of the immigration act. perhaps it is, though, arizona may not think so. as salon.com describes it, it s a passage written by a man who obviously no longer cares that he sounds increasingly like a right wing talk radio host rather than a justice of the so it s no surprise that none other than rush limbaugh jumped to scalia s defense earlier. scalia is so right on the money on this. it boggles the mind. all arizona did was write law that mirrors federal law that obama was not enforcing. and court told them today they can t do that. it is, it s disheartening. let s bring in joan walsh of salon.com, michael medved, and author and torn attorney catherine crier. where do i start? what happens to balls and strikes. katherine crier, we ll ask you.
obama was not enforcing. and court told them today they can t do that. it is, it s disheartening. let s bring in joan walsh of salon.com, michael medved, and author and torn attorney catherine crier. where do i start? what happens to balls and strikes. katherine crier, we ll ask you. is this the most opinionated we have seen a judge? he s always great fun because there s no question that scalia is a very intelligent man and he can write very powerful, i don t mean they re legally appropriate, but powerful cases, powerful dissents, but when you look at his varying positions, he argues his originalism, and then he says, we re talking about state sovereignty, and state sovereignty s fine when we re talking about the right wing position on immigration but if we re talking about campaign finance reform, maybe it s federal. if we re talking about marijuana, medical marijuana laws, maybe it s federal.
on citizens united in one of the most destructive rulings ever for the country. montana governor brian schweitzer and e.j. dionne are here with reaction. and it turns out republicans love obama care. as long as you don t call it that. former insurance executive wendell potter on what it means if the individual mandate dies and the rest of the affordable care act lives. good to have you with us. thanks for watching. right wingers can no longer hide behind states rights when it comes to creating radical immigration laws. a ruling from the highest court in the land proves states can only go so far. the supreme court ruled 5-3 in favor of striking down most of the provisions in arizona s controversial immigration law. senate bill 1070, the ruling says states cannot override federal laws on immigration. here s what was struck down. arizona cannot make it a misdemeanor for not carrying identification saying whether or not you re a legal citizen. arizona can t make it a crime fo