good old slippery sodomy slope scalia. ruff laugh aka antonin, aka lips manlis from the dick tracy movie. totally a pairing, you see on one of those web sites where the people look like other people. and then you click on it. (laughter) anyway, another standard bull [bleep] slippery slope argument. don't worry i'm sure antonin scalia has a much more-- of explaining it. >> it is a form of argument which is called a reduction to the absurd. >> if we can to the have moral feelings against or objections to homosexuality, can we have it against anything? >> i'm surprised you weren't persuaded. >> jon: yeah. i am surprised you aren't persuaded, gay student who asked why i cate is his love life with murder. no wonder scalia never lets himself be recorded. now the court won't hear arguments on the matter until the spring. and probably won't decide until next summer. you guys better hurry it up. because i hear new york is thinking oflyizing this ♪ i now pronounce you-- ♪ ♪ (applause) >> jon: you know what? if we as a culture have n

. >> politi has been charged and pled not guilty to murder, rape, sodomy, and tampering with physicalvidence. >> how are you doing? what else you want? what do you want done to your hair? >> whatever you recommend. >> all right. raise your head up for me all the way back. >> according to police reports and the prosecution, politi committed an especially vicious crime. at the time he was living at a rooming house in louisville, after having recently completed a prison sentence. the police report says politi and a 45-year-old woman were engaging in sexual activity. the sounds of a struggle prompted another rooming house resident to call 911. >> i just had a manicure done two days before i come here. whole works. had my eyebrows arched. now they're back to klingon, you know, eyebrows. >> despite his not guilty plea, the police report says politi actually confessed to strangling the victim to stop her screams. but he now says he confessed under duress during his long interrogation and doesn't really remember what happened to the victim. >> i mean, i black out sometimes, do stuff and don't

i, you know, death penalty, abortion, sodomy, whatever. put it -- persuade your fellow citizens and go either way. c-span: another historical figure you quote a lot in the book is jeremy bentham. who is he? >> guest: an english philosopher who talked about law as well. c-span: why should you follow him? >> guest: he's a very smart fella. c-span: [inaudible] >> guest: he has, but so as aristotle. [laughter] he also was highly respected by the framers of our constitution and has been influential on legal theory ever since. c-span: don't i remember you disagreeing in a public forum we covered about citing foreign law, and you mentioned a lot of foreign experts, a lot of british, of course, we got a lot of the law -- >> guest: i don't consider english law foreign law. english law, to the extent it informs the meaning of the constitution, for example, what is due process of law mean? that phrase in the constitution. i mean, in the abstract, it could mean anything. it means something different to a 12th century frenchman than a 16th century hawa

it made it illegal to have consenting sodomy amongst a gay couple and even though that was at first affirmed. this attorney general's office is not going to endure the embarrassment of that. >> all right. it will be over. drew findling, interesting stuff. think twice about those pictures. >> absolutely. >>> we'll be right back. stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back with great ideas like our optional better car replacement. if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask one of our insurance experts about it today. hello?! we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, and we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. [car alarm blaring] call now and also ask about our 24/7 support and service. call... and lock in your rate for 12 months today. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> you can bet people who own stock in apple will be glad to see the "closing bell" rin

however, homosexuals do not have a constitutional right to engage in sodomy. >> stephanie: huh?

why is it we're not dealing with this issue of rape and forcible sodomy and things like that in terms of police investigation and prosecuting ability to prosecute effectively? >> we've trained special victims investigators to this point. we just started a new class model on the army's c.i.d. class that was advised by outside experts to focus on that type of investigation. that first class just completed this week. we had outside experts to give us feedback that was objective. we will run classes through that course routinely. we sent 50 ajebtses through the army's c.i.d. course before starting this one. we will further train our investigators to better investigate these actions. part of the reason we have trouble with people starting with prosecutions because the way they are handled it is so critical for them to stay with their commitment in identifying and prosecuting an assailant. >> january's time has expired. >> [inaudible] >> of those 17% of those women that reported the incident. my question is, i apologize, this i'm brand-new. this is my first hearing. i don't have the spence

why is it we're not dealing with this issue of rape and forcible sodomy and things like that in terms of police investigation and prosecuting ability to prosecute effectively? special trained victim's investigators to this point. we just started a new class model on the army's c.i.d. class that was advised by outside experts to focus on that type of investigation. that first class just completed this week. we had outside experts to give us feedback that was objective. we will run classes through that course routinely. we sent 50 agents through the army's c.i.d. course before starting this one. we will further train our investigators to better investigate these actions. part of the reason we have trouble with people starting with prosecutions because the way they are handled it is so critical for them to stay with their commitment in identifying and prosecuting an assailant. >> january's time has expired. >> \[inaudible] >> of those 17% of those women that reported the incident. my question is, i apologize, this i'm brand-new. this is my first hearing. i don't have the spence -- experi