and john x? haven t said they d sue. lobbying organizations by names most consumers haven t heard of but definitely there will be a case here. and the concern is that twofold. first start-ups would be mostly hurt by this. youtube can afford to pay for faster access to one s pipes but the smaller video start-up neither of us have heard of can t pay the tolls to a company like comcast or at&t. the other side of this is that consumer groups say anything that impacts their ability to speak, your ability to say stuff online gives everyone standing here. so they have an argument to bring to the courts. i don t understand why congress isn t involved. at some point we re never going to solve this problem if the s.e.c. is basically, fcc, depends on the party and the president. congress has the bandwidth to do it and more offen an understanding on capitol hill than ever before but a lot of
right wing lobbyist organizations. i want him to be independent with those right wing lobbying organizations and be independent of the president who nominates him. what is independence mean anymore? i say that because i just saw a debate, i think it was on our channel where essentially the liberal was arguing this person s going to be gorsuch is going to be a activist and the conservative was essentially saying well yeah, you know, ruth bader ginsburg is an activist. obviously a conservative views a liberal justice as an activist. a liberal views an activist. you use the word independent. he s obviously i d logically in a different space than you. define what that means. john roberts is different than i am. i voted for john roberts. in fact i announced my support him. a couple minutes after the democratic leader. and now it s his opposition to
anna, to you, is this a missed opportunity for the united states? it s absolutely a missed opportunity, and it clearly shows a sharp deviation away, as marion was saying, he totally hit the nail on the head for engaging the people and supporting the dissidents. for the secretary of state to say this is a government to government affair is an absolute farce, because there are anti-embargo lobbying organizations that are going to be a part of the flag raising ceremony. so tell me, how can they invite folks who are purposely working to lift the embargo, right, to undermine human rights on the island and yet not invite the dissidents? that makes absolutely no sense. as we continue this talk and await this ceremony to begin, anessa, you re here with me in new york. some are giving you credit for actually running the editorials. it built the momentum needed and the talks for reestablishment of relationships here. what did you see when you went to cuba, and what made you think that really
majority of the republicans in the house and the professional right, the heritage sort of folks. do you think that s happening? and why is that happening now? the question of why now is an interesting one. it could be because the staekz are lower and boehner felt he couldn t go against these major lobbying organizations on a big issue like the debt ceiling or something like that. he felt he couldn t push back against them. really is a lot of nger up on the hill if you talk to republicans and republican staffers about these groups like freedom works and heritage action and primary challenges. i think this is a long time coming in that sense. one of the credible mess earnings, you have the leadership and outside group. is there a glenn beck or other people to referee this thing? glenn beck? i don t know he s the man to referee it. from their perspective?
status. they wanted to be a tacoma newsome tax exempt corporations. however, some lobbying organizations can qualify for this tax exemption. jonathan turley is a professor of law. welcome. thank you. thank you to sort this all out for us. explain this 501 c 4. why would a political organization qualify for this? well, it s unusual to have this category. what is at issue is whether there was a target to go after conservative groups. that s what raises violations of regulations. there can be ample reason to question the legitimacy of