one of the things that robert rosen thathal d. the more people that see it, hear it, the more. we followed a little bit journalism away from the public that we serve, in the sense that we have a higher calling. i'm a journalist, don't bother me with reader comments, i'm too busy doing journalism. and i think that part of the fault is ours. in that we didn't take audience seriously enough. we didn't take the people we are supposed to be serving as a public service, which is the argument that we'll hear later on in this program. we didn't take it seriously enough, so suddenly the audience went zooming by us technologically and otherwise, and that's why the cr is here in the bay area, the center of technology and the center of innovation, and we have something called tech right with google, where we get the journalists and engineers and game designers and others together and create products. it might be interesting to say, gamers that might interest them in the news. so we're really trying to reach as many people as we can with the investigating reporting that we do. >> when we co

. >> reporter: for years, robert rosen chiefed his cholesterol medication that would get it for free.ada. >> i never had any side effects so in my mind, they were safe. >> reporter: it was a partnership between a canadian provider canarx. rosen was able to purchase from canadian pharmacies at significantly lower costs. the city of portland would cover the entire cost his medication. in september 2012 then maine attorney general william snyder halted the program amid growing positions. no-no longer stated the practice, but they made it legal. >> it allows us to renight a program that's been successful in the city. >> reporter: portland mayor brennan has been a major proponent of the law. >> one of the most significant cost drivers within health care is the cost of pharmaceutical or 3ri7gs drugs. >> reporter: brennan said ordering drugs from abroad saved employees millions of dollars. the average american spends $900 a year on prescriptions. that's down from 2011 but according to canarx it may decrease it by half. still they're suing the state over the ruling. they claim it's not just a

. >> reporter: for years, robert rosen chiefed his cholesterol medication that would get it for free.ny side effects so in my mind they were safe. >> reporter: it was a partnership between a canadian provider canarx. rosen was able to purchase from canadian pharmacies at significantly lower costs. the city of portland would cover the entire cost his medication. in september 2012 then maine attorney general william snyder halted the program amid grow ging positions. no-no longer stated the practice, but they made it legal. >> it allows us to renight a program that's been successful in the city. >> reporter: portland mayor brennan has been a major proponent of the law. >> one of the most significant cost drivers within health care is the cost of pharmaceutical or 3ri7gs drugs. >> reporter: brennan said ordering drugs from abroad saved employees millions of dollars. the average american spends $900 a year on prescriptions. that's down from 2011 but according to canarx it may decrease it by half. still they're suing the state over the ruling. they claim it's not just about losing profits.

rosen, actually. two parts. do you think roberts' taxing power the decision legally speaking, which has not been raised. talk about strategically. is it compelling enough to do the work that it did? should have been rebriefed if you want to ask about taxing power. secondly, how can your opinion of the argument raise over time as they were raised and discoed in randy's argument, particular. >> good question, thank you for questioning. i think it's a very legally plausible argument. i think the greatest contribution was making it strongly as he did. he teed it up to roberts very well. jack endorsed it. the argument on the other side the legislative history, of course, the comedy of the fact that the democrat originally said it's not a tax. it's not a tax. the republicans said it was. as soon as the the a-- the democrats say it's a tax and authorized by the constitution and the republicans say it's not not. i think that should be less important than the function of the i think roberts did a fine job embraces how ask my opinion change?