think then have to buy that product. the two of them doesn t go together. i don t think that helps them at all in getting this done. megyn: as the it stands now look at this supreme court as it now sits, what do you think the odds are of them upholding this law? i think it s very high, because if they throw this out all of the legislation we ve had going back to the 40s, that has to do with the general wael fair and interstate commerce and so forth, all of it is at issue. and i just don t think they are going to do that. i think that they are going to uphold it. i think there is very good reason to uphold it and i question the motives of anybody who challenge it. i think it s a first year law class that says this is fine and okay and the powers of congress and the president to sign such a bill cover all of this. megyn: the speculation is that they changed the argument, they are more emphasizing necessary and proper to appeal to justice scalia based on opinions he s written in the pas
pre-buttal, one of six buttals, where he said, obama isn t working, a play on labor isn t working. but again, it s very personal. and there s a connective tissue to something you raised earlier in the show, that newt gingrich is so hypocritical. we need to stop make k the mistake of thinking that the extreme elements of the republican party are at all consistent on these issues. they are wildly inconsistent. there was an effort to delegitimatize the presidency of bill clinton, there was an unprecedented use and at times abuse of the investigatory powers of congress, which should be used for oversight, but not be used to torment political differences, and that went on and on and on. and when president bush came into office, there was an attitude that the president is the most important thing in the world that you can never disrespect in any way and ari fleischer came out and said, you better watch what you say after 9/11. and now that we have a new
used in this constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the united states, or any foreign state. and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of congress and the states under this constitution. section 3. nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the people s rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free exercise of religion, and such other rights of the peoples, which are which rights are inalienable. what do you think about that, jimmy? well, first of all, thank you, mr. bonifaz, for, a, coming on the show, and b, writing this. i like what you ve written. the idea of delineating between a person, ie, you and me, and the koch brothers corporation or any of their corporate entities,
powers of congress. that s where the constitution says that we should have, say, a navy. it s where congress gets the power to print money and punish counterfeiting and define and punish piracy. this is also the part that explicitly creates a post office, like the census and the you can t be king thing, the post office is in the constitution. post offices actually predate the country. ben franklin ran one in philadelphia at the direction of the second continental congress. which predated the declaration of independence. then it ended up in the constitution and the post office was a cabinet agency until 1971. since then, it is not in the cabinet anymore. but it is still part of what we do as a country. it is an independent agency. but it s the constitution that says explicitly that we as a country shall have post offices. also, if you have a post road anywhere in your town, that s from the same part of the constitution.
powers of congress. that s where the constitution says that we should have, say, a navy. it s where congress gets the power to print money and punish counterfeiting and define and punish pie rasy. this is also the part that explicitly creates a post office, like the census and the you can t be king thing, the post office is in the constitution. post offices actually predate the country. ben franklin ran one in philadelphia at the direction of the second continental congress. which predated the declaration of independence. then it ended up in the constitution and the post office was a cabinet agency until 1971. since then, it is not in the cabinet anymore. but it is still part of what we do as a country. it is an independent agency. but it s the constitution that says explicitly that we as a country shall have post offices. also, if you have a post road anywhere in your town, that s from the same part of the constitution. government has the power to set up roads for the use of moving