and put her trust and faith in the church and its prophet, rulon jeffs. uncle rulon led the church in salt lake and he was more than just a man. he had over ten wives in over 50 children. and as rebecca was taught to believe, he spoke directly with god. >> he was our connection to the divine! and so, yes, i did owe that to him. >> so of course, rebecca, along with everyone else in the flds obeyed the prophets every directive. to obey was the key to salvation. >> obedience is the only act you could perform, and anything else was damnation. >> but as rebecca entered her teens, change was in the air. behind her uncles gentle smile, rules hardened. controlled tightened. not just for rebecca, of course, for all of them. this was her childhood friend, andrew chatwin. >> rulon started teaching you do not have a choice anymore. you have to be perfectly obedient. you are ordered to donate your time, your car, or make sacrifices that you normally wouldn't do because it was hurting your family. >> so more autocratic? dictatorial? >> yes, very dictatorial. a lot of m

what the supreme court did was rulon standing. they decided not to decide. it is fascinating if you go to the oral arguments in that case, where even the solicitor will general arguing on behalf of the biden administration, says and i paraphrase, essentially, that the states don't have standing here. congress is the one to handle these kinds of things. justice kavanaugh actually says i think what you're saying is that congress is the one. i do have his quote here. congress has to resort to shutting down the government or impeachment. or dramatic steps. she then replies yes, with statutory and regulatory violations, it's the congress who holds. that's what came out of texas versus united states. states don't have standing. it's a blank check to make office as long as congress doesn't act. but when faced with an executive branch that refuses to carry out the law, the options in front of congress are what? the power of the purse. we can defund -- >> it raises issues to how you manage the funding issue. power of the person is one tool. the other is impeachment.