times, not a point of law, not a court case but the new york times. i m wondering what you made of that and this statement. well, it wasn t so much the reference to the new york times that boggled my mind. it was the fact that justice scalia went out of his way in his dissent to make reference to something that was not part of the case, to make it clear that the president is out of line in offering part of the dream act on his own and his own views didn t agree with the president s politically. to go that far when the court is plunging itself into the middle of these politically divisive issues but certainly not a step on justice scalia s part. i do think that the court will surprise a lot of people when it probably upholds the affordable care act in a decision by chief
joy, does this remain a significant issue into november? i think a difficult issue, especially for mitt romney. mitt romney has combo, down on the side of 1070 and the side of the provision most egregious when it combo,s to latin hispanics. the part they didn t like is the part that survived and he is still stuck with that and then you have got this sort of, you know, radical kind of dissent you have on the part of justice anthony scalia, keeps this political and partisan. in his defense, he talked about things like states used to be able to exclude free black and cool his, and rad dal cal and went after the president for his dream act decision. i think the partisanship and the politics of this stayed really caustic right up until november. the other big supreme court decision is going to combo, down on thursday that is the fate of health care. for more on that let me bring in chris van hollen, democrat congressman from maryland. good morning, congressman. good morning. great t