appreciate outrage over the scope of the nsa s surveillance programs. wall street journal reporting wednesday that the agency system has the capacity to reach roughly 75% of all u.s. internet traffic. that news comes as newly declassified documents show the nsa collected as many as 56,000 domestic e-mails and other electric ronnic communications per year between wait and 2011. reported to congress and to the fisa court. joining the panel this week, wall street journal lump mist and accidenty editor dan henninger, columnist, mary o grade write. opinion journal.com editor james toronto. so, dan, how concerned should we be about the latest revelations? none whatsoever, paul. i m an anti-terrorist absolutist. okay. the premise here is that the nsa exists to prevent mass murder by
well, he s one of the longest serving members of the united states senate and hasn t had a primary challenger since he first won election in 1976. after six terms, indiana republican richard luger is in the fight for his political life with just over two weeks ago until the may 8th primary. polls show him running neck and neck with his opponent, two term state senator who has the support of tea party groups and club for growth and the national rival association. the assistant editor of the opinion journal.com website and she s been covering the race for us. so, alicia, what s the case that more dock and the tea party groups are making against senator luger? they re saying that he s part of the establishment and been there too long, been there for 35 years and time to get him out. okay, what are the issues that they re citing that say, okay, this is why he s got to go? well, for instance, he voted against the ear mark ban. he supports corn ethanol
yesterday, was the two year anniversary of the signing of president obama s health care law. an occasion marked by the white house with very little fanfare, but with the supreme court ruling expected in june, issue is sure to take center stage in the presidential campaign. here to handicap the judge s decision and discuss the potential political fallout. wall street journal columnies dan henning, and opinion journal.com he heditor, james. joe, you ve been following this from the beginning, how big an issue is this. for the last two years, everyone s been saying, oh, this is ridiculous, you know, the government is limited in
to be gaining size and momentum and dozens of sister demonstrations have sprung up in cities across the country. just one of the things stoking the protesters anger is bank of america s plan to charge its debit card customers a $5 monthly fee. move attacked by the president and dick durbin. bank of america customers, vote with your feet. get the heck out of that bank. paul: joining the panel this week, wall street journal editor board member mary kissle. james freeman, opinion journal.com. james, how serious should we take the moment. more serious than i was taking them the beginning of the week. as this started off as the standard issue protest, your semblance of hipies, anti-globalizations protests,
determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today. paul: for more i m joined by opinion journal.com editor james toronto and editorial board member mary kissle. so our viewers understands, what does a voter i.d. law require. usually government issued i.d., a driver s license or passport or something like that. that s all, you have to show them you are who you say you are. that s right. if you don t have an i.d. rhode island passed a law last week we ll give you i.d. for free if you can prove you are who you say you are. give you an i.d. for free. paul: on the spot? if you bring a birth certificate and prove you are who you say you are. you don t have to have a driver s license, you need to show some sense, in some way that you re not somebody who you re not an imposter. or a british citizen.