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It will overturn roe v. wade. we re not going to overturn it, we re going to say we think this law fits within that. so that creates more of a problem in this texas case because we really don t know where the parameters are. if they let the law continue to be in place in texas and say that there is no way to enforce it. so it s a really complicated legal mess but it was crafted that way purposefully by these texas lawmakers who knew that this is the way to make it as difficult as possible for courts, even the u.s. supreme court, to be able to come in and do something to try to stop the law. right. it s sort of fundamental jurisprudence. the idea that the law has to struggle with this. chief justice john roberts when that came into place said he said the statutory scheme before the court is not only unusual but unprecedented. the legislature, meaning the texas legislature, has imposed a ....
What the law is. okay? they tell you what they know. they don t tell you what law fits into it. if you withhold aid and access to a meeting until you get what you want from them in the way of an investigation, you can say that s a solicitation of something for value. and if you have corrupt intent and you re doing it for you, not america s national security interest, it will be a bribe. but i ll tell you what. that s one argument. you can say yeah, i think what he did here was wrong. he was trying to get investigations on biden. he should have gone to the doj. he shouldn t have used rudy this way. but it is not worthy of removal. it s not worthy of impeachment. you can accept what is clear from fact from hill and others and still make the argument you want to make. so the first time we visited you were talking about specifically the transcript. that s what i had at the time. yeah. and everybody was saying, well, that s not an accurate transcript. but then we had lieutenant colone ....
There has been not one single thing that has been said that the president directed he doesn t have to. or anybody directly directed we re talking about impeaching the president. i agree with you. but hold on. let s just divide where i agree and where i don t. fact witnesses don t tell you what the law is. okay? they tell you what they know. they don t tell you what law fits into it. if you withhold aid and access to a meeting until you get what you want from them in the way of an investigation, you can say that s a solicitation of something for value. and if you have corrupt intent and you re doing it for you, not america s national security interest, it will be a bribe. but i ll tell you what. that s one argument. you can say, yeah, i think what he did here was wrong. he was trying to get investigations on biden. he should have gone to the doj. he shouldn t have used rudy this way. but it is not worthy of removal. it s not worthy of impeachment. you can accept what is cl ....
He had no control over this child. he never knew this child, never met this child. this child didn t even exist as far as he knew. right. it wasn t until 2010 that monsignor lynn even learned that this child had been abused back in 1998. let s take up that part of it. the parameters i hear you on the law. not here to debate you about the law. it seems like the law was misapplied here. that s why the appeal manuel sa panel said what it did. we ll let the courts deal with that part. clearly. the priest in question, avery, had admitted to things that it was known, that he was moved as a result of what he had already admitted to and that your client allowed that to happen. whether or not the law fits, that was kuzed in this case, isn t that something that deserves criminal responsibility after everything we ve learned about the church scandal? well, wait a minute. a law is the law. i mean, if there is a law that ....
whether to hold attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. that vote expected this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s the most anticipated supreme court decision in more than a decade. and one that impacts the lives of almost every american as well as the presidential campaign. in a 5 to 4 split, the supreme court upheld the affordable care act, a law so tightly bound to president obama that both critics and supporters call it and i m calling it now what they are calling it, obama care. behind the historic ruling and meticulous legal reasoning that caught many observers offguard as well as the surprise split that saw the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, siding with the courts four liberal justices. kate bolduan begins outside. reporter: absolutely, wolf. a bombshell ruling. the individual mandate, the centerpiece, but getting to that conclusion was a surprising revelation. the chief just ....