now think it s kind of a natural expression of male aggression or male sexuality pch so, i just think there are so many components to our go on. our legal system has really b buttresses what she said. if you look at the evolution of rape laws, it wasn t that long ago where, you know, a woman s private sex life was completely open to be scrutinized in court. it was also not long ago that it was legally impossible for a woman to be raped by her husband. absolutely. those laws are still being changed week by week, those laws are being overturned. and if you look globally, you have countries in peru, if the rapist asks for the victim s hand in marriage, he s absolved himself because he s given her back her dignity. just one example. one of the things i think is striking about this case and these cases is the presence of the publicness of social media combined. so, like, teenagers drinking is not a new phenomenon. it has been going on for a long time. sexual predatory behavior
bound by the constitution, and they are powerless to strike down the affordable care act because the constitution clearly says that it is acceptable. that s a very new position coming from liberals. they ve often thought judges can bend the constitution. but you don t have to bend it here because obamacare is illegal under any reading of the commerce clause. jon: that s what they argued about in the supreme court, and the solicitor general, you know, a lot of people thought did not make very good arguments, curt. and there s a reason. because you cannot get around the fact that if obamacare is constitutional, if you expand the commerce clause enough to do that, then there are no limits on congressional power, and that s not that is simply untrue, curt. what the constitution said is that congress should regulate commerce. that means non-economic laws, murder laws, truancy laws, rape laws, assault laws, all kinds of laws. they can regulate the economy, that s what the words regu
she also while in cuba associated with a group of women who are known to have a lot of u.s. leanings. contessa, i m actually not convinced from what i ve found out that it s any kind of real, you know, conspiracy theory from cia frameup. i actually think if you look into these rape laws in sweden, assange ran a follow of very, very pro-feminist no evidence right now this is a program? no. even she said to one of the local newspapers that it was not a pentagon setup. and i just from especially looking at the other woman s background who s not associated at all with any kind of activity like that politically, i don t really think it s a big conspiracy. yeah. i always feel reluctant in rape cases or sex crime cases or however to describe this to
wikileakser. joining me on the phone from france to talk about these theories is dana kennedy, the european correspondent for aol news. dana, good to talk to you. what have you learned about what the supporters of julian assange are questioning about the accused victim or the alleged victim in this case? well, there are two women who are involved in the so-called rape allegations against julian assange, and if you look into the case, contessa, not just as a supporter but as a reporter you can see that the evidence against mr. assange that we can see so far is very, very flimsy. one of the reasons why it appears flimsy to americans is there are extremely serious rape laws. when you use the word rape in sweden it can involve something as simple as a condom breaking during intercourse, which
aid center. for her it s a cut and dry situation. he said he was single when he was married and actually the court decision emphasized much more the fact. reporter: she concedes he has done harm. translator: the only people i heart are my wife and children. i hurt them badly. reporter: israel has harsh rape laws and there are cases that men have been convicted of rape for misrepresenting themselves to gain sexual favors, a practice that is hardly unique to israel. ben wedeman, cnn, jerusalem. rape by deception. are their similar statutes in the united states? okay. so avery, you first.