giving. thanks. it sure does. thanks very much. we wanted to ask our legal guys to weigh in on this story. richard harmon is in las vegas. avery friedman is in my hometown ohio. avery, i m not going to start with you so i don t look like i m playing favorites with the hometown man. richard, tell me, what do you think of this? the government is tipping its hand here. i presume the government can really sort of do what they want to do. is this legal, appropriate to go after this account? marty, first of all, we all know our government is both humiliated, mortified and desperate over all this wikileaks. can they do this legally? yes, they can. we have empowered or government with wide latitude in criminal investigations to look at your bank records, to look at anything they want. this is absolutely fair game. these people have accounts with a united states-based company. twitter is based out of san francisco. these are federal subpoenas
but to the all important transport infrastructure which links this enormous state. phil black, cnn, rockhampton, australia. since 1868, anyone born in the u.s. has been guaranteed citizenship in this country. now some state lawmakers want the 14th amendment changed to exclude children of illegal immigrants. a congressman wants birth rite citizenship repealed. richard har mon and avery friedman. thanks for being with us. i m going to start off, read the first line of the 14th amendment, always a good place to start with the constitution here. all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state where in they reside. pretty straightforward stuff. so let me start, richard, with you and say what is the basis
denied. it s going nowhere. the judge found she had chronic pain syndrome. she was suffering physically and emotionally as a result of the death of her son. the prescriptions were done properly. nothing was done illegal here. he had a great attorney. my friend from atlanta. it was a brilliant, brilliant move by the judge. it s going nowhere, marty. richard, i m going to stop you there. i have to move on. i ve got to renew my tab lot subscriptions. lindsay lohan, the betty ford clinic, ain t with an employee and the employee won t pursue charges. what about this? could she end up back in jail? avery, what do you say? no. she s got four witnesses to dawn holland, the employee. the case is going nowhere, not going to trial, won t be a probation violation, case is over. i do worry employees at these clinics would speak out. there is privacy at stake.
based. actually we would have never known except the member of parliament in iceland went public on it. again, i think bottom line if you re out there using social media, marty, sooner or later if in a criminal investigation like this and again for manning, it s treason, among other crimes, it s appropriate for that data to be made available they are going to get it. richard, do you agree on that, anything out there it s fair game for the government to get? there s no expectation of privacy. there s it s a criminal federal investigation. it s wide latitude for our government to investigate, to subpoena, to do a proper investigation prior to bringing very serious criminal charges. look, they are doing what they have to do in order to see if they have a prima facie case to bring. again, i don t think they have one, marty.
the district attorney is taking it to the court of appeals. the jury ruled correctly. here is the defense. howard k. stern is arguing, i am so stupid, i had no idea it violated the law. look, i kept getting pantsed in high school and then i got to hang out with anna nicole smith. i was so blinded by love i didn t know what i was doing. the jury didn t buy it. the jury came back beyond a reasonable doubt. only in hollywood, only in los angeles, marty, will a judge say we are so star driven, we have media, therefore the privacy argument raised by mr. stern is a good one, i m going to overrule the jury. that s why the d.a. is appealing the case. is this the end of it, richard? is it legally the end of it? it s absolutely going to be the end of it. this appeal is going to be