and so i hope that the judge will rule in favor of the state of arizona, who only acted, only acted, because the federal government had not carried out its responsibilities. bill: at last last night s hannity, judge that was last night from hannity. judge napolitano joins me. she s ruling on an a preliminary injunction, an application to stop the enforcement of the law while she can conduct a trial at which the justice department and the other people that have complained about the law can say what they think is wrong. bill: she being susan bolton, district judge of arizona. that s right and at which the state of arizona can say what they think is right. this is not a final determination, this is a preliminary determination and if she decides to grant the preliminary injunction that will prevent arizona from enforcing the law until she has the trial, if she denies the preliminary injunction the law will go into effect tomorrow and they will still hold tthe trial at a t
tactical directive. they should know that i will look very hard at this issue reporter: reassuring military families and our troops in the field he will take a closer look at the rule of engagement there in afghanistan, patti an. patti ann. senator ben nelson is questioning the general. any signs of conflict so far? not so much so far. he was put in an awkward spot by senator mccain when he talked about the july 2011 date that president obama set, when he wants to start withdrawing surge forces from afghanistan. he said did you, general petraeus, or any other military officer recommend a withdrawal date, and he said no. there s also expected to be perhaps some fireworks over ambassador karl eikenberry and the special representative to afghanistan and pakistan, richard holbrooke. one thing that came out of the mcchrystal article last week of the dysfunction between the military brass
the statute should be upheld and i want to make a clear distinction between my views as an advocate and any views that i might have as a judge. i do think, citizens united is settled law, going forward, no question that it is precedent and entitled all the weight the precedent usually gets and i want to make clear in any of my cases as an advocates and this is citizens united necessary which i ve argued. you know, i m approaching the things, the cases as an advocate, from a perspective of first the united states government interest, and also, it s a different kind of preparation sproas. you don t look at both sides in the way you do as a judge. i got that. i got that. i don t have any problem with that. all i m saying is that we ve had arguments right here in this committee that this is a terrible case that upset 70 years of precedent, and i ve heard all these arguments, and they re just inaccurate, and that s what we re establishing. when president obama criticized the cit