court and that's what i will be doing with this new law. i took the lead among state attorneys general in defending the partial birth abortion ban and we won at the united states supremert. i took the lead as the state attorney general in defending the parental notification law and we won both in the united states supreme court and in texas. i have taken the lead in defending a texas law, the sonogram law and we defended that and we won. now we have this new law passed out of the state of texas that's going to, the governor both better protect the health care of women who go through the abortion process, but also do a better job of protecting innocent life. i believe when this case goes to the united states supreme court, that we can win in this case also. >> one of the cases that you have been involved with is that texas was one of the first states to sue the state of texas over obama care, saying it was an encroachment over what the state has the right to determine in terms of insurance. now the president himself has backed away from a major component of obama care, namely the employer mandate. does this vindicate the lawsuit that you and other attorneys general fil

state of florida didn't give him a fair trial. he did what most people would do with insanitiary and fairy tales. he wrote to the supreme court of the united states. >> the supreme court they have cases brought to the court by people who are too poor who are able to pay for their fees. gideon's was a hand written document online prison stationery. you couldn't imagine a simpler more elementary way to get to the highest court in the land. >> why would the supreme court decide to hear the case of a poor man already in prison. because the constitution allows even a poor man to be heard. lightning strikes from the ground up. it may have been sparked by gideon but they were on the court's justice ready to catch it. >> he was the most influential person in the courtroom system of all time. people should not be disadvantaged in getting justice because they are poor. the judge was viable for the constitution. it had the best constitution in the world and if we were tolerant it would be all right. on the morning of march 18th, the decision was announced from the supreme court. they said justice black said i have an announcement the decision and opi

>> they had a parking space reserved at the united states supreme court we have been there so often whenhey launch these efforts to come down they give us two more victories against the aba ministration so what we think they're doing is nothing more than politics one of the issues is voter i.d. they feel threatened of the integrity of the election process while the insurer this is why we defend against these challenges. lou: the law that you passed is modeled off of indiana state loss supported by u.s. supreme court that. >> absolutely the supreme court said a voter i.d. is perfectly constitutional and does not disenfranchise anyone and it was mthe indiana . if democrats really think showing a photo it is discriminatory then why do they require a total id to get into the democratic national convention? rethink the id should be required for the most sacred of votes at the ballot box but the supreme court upheld the because said the carter justice said it was necessary to prevent voter fraud rethink the court should uphold it. lou: you have other contest in court with his administration wh

the supreme court said she didn't have the right to have the job. >> is not the united states supremert. she lost. >> the united states supreme court and all the loss of nothing to do with feelings. has to do it, if you are -- claim that they had feelings of the person rather than -- >> people fire people they hate all the time. they fire people they don't like, smelly people that there not attracted to. charles: let me ask you, was there any evidence that they had a sexual relationship or was it just mutual attraction? >> not even mutual attraction. >> she plans now there were not mutually attracted. some of them she answered. she never met a plan for such torres meant to reach a never said she felt uncomfortable. she said the only reason she kept working there over this time from was. charles: if she did file a sexual russ smith, that sort of case u.s. had a pretty good case >> a much better case when he's making comments about her sex life and likening her to our car that is not being driven. she would have had a strong case, but she did not perceive a threat, think she was singled

among state attorneys general in defending the partial birth abortion ban and we won at the united states supreme courtotification law and we won in the united states supreme court and in texas. i've taken the lead in defending a texas law the sonogram law, and we defended that and we won. now, we have this new law passed out of the state of texas that is going to, the governor both better protect the health care of women who go through an abortion process, but also do a better job of protecting innocent life. i believe when this case goes to the supreme court that we can win in this case also. >> one of the cases you've been involved with is one of the first states to sue over obama care, that it was an unconstitutional encroachment that the state has the right to determine in terms of insurance. now, the president himself has ooempb backed way from a main component. does this vindicate the lawsuit that you and other attorneys generals filed across the country? >> governor, the very day the president signed obama care into law, i joined with with 13 other state attorneys general to file a suit because

a promise and excitement following the united states supreme court decision has been a road trip marked by stoplight and heavy traffic. it was gideon's mutual trumpet, the new book that talks about the harsh reality of the system where public defenders have to handle thousands of cases in a course of a year. that's a tough reality whether it's 500 or a thousand cases. something that jim had an eye to handle more business litigation could not imagine handling and handling well. that's why this anniversary and events like this are so important. they remind us why court funding and why funding of public defenders is so critical and invite vital. these days there is too much worry about funding the judicial system and not enough worry about the cost for equal justice. this is the 50th anniversary of gideon, more articles are written, more gatherings like this and more than any that i can remember. maybe in california armed with a great public defender and with a like minded d.a., maybe we can begin to make the societal changes in a dent in a nation's shameful conference. last fall we did ma

. >> the united states supreme court held there was no purpose for depriving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry the person they love. >> marriage. that is something god created. that is something god will define. the supreme court, though they may think so, have not yet arisen to the level of god. >> or as former arkansas governor and residential candidate mike huckabee put it, jesus wept.we have five players on the basketball court. do we have to move around -- along. nina, did the ruling surprising. -- did the ruling surprise you? >> not really. it had been somewhat obvious during the oral argument. when this law was enacted in 1996, by overwhelming majorities, and signed by president clinton, most people did not actually think about what it meant, then it would mean such serious consequences for legally married people because there were no legally married people there. this was a we did not want there to be legally married people law. >> this is the example of the ,isdom of peter finlay done the supreme court follows election returns. there has been a seachange in american

state has extended an invitation toage expensive court battle over a law restricting abortions that is a blatant violation of the constitutional guarantees afforded to all women. the united states supreme unequivocally said that no state may deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at point prior to viability. north dakota house bill 1456 is clearly unconstitutional under an unbroken stream of united states supreme court authority." therefore, the court grants the plaintiffs motion for injunction. federal judge today blocking the law passed by north dakota republicans to ban abortions after six weeks. which is something you obviously cannot do in this country. but still, this is what republicans do. they do stuff like this all the time. and it gets blocked all the time. in kansas, republicans passed t.r.a.p. laws to shut down clinics there. that law is blocked by courts. in ohio, republicans passed laws to restrict medication abortions there. that law is blocked by the courts. in oklahoma, their republicans passed their own laws to restrict medication abortions. that law is blocked by the courts and headed to the u.s. supreme court. in mississippi, the republican t.r.a.

do is to deny texas the use of voter id laws that have already been preapproved by the united states supreme court for use in other states. martha: all right. so what's ooh your next move -- what's your next move as attorney general of texas? >> i'll be defending in court in san antonio. i think the facts and law are clearly on our side. if we do not prevail, we'll go right back to the united states supreme court where we have won the last three voting rights cases against the obama administration over the past couple of years. martha: all right. fascinating plight ahead on both sides. attorney general greg abbott, thank you very much for being with us today, sir. we'll keep watching it. >> thank you, martha. cel. kelly: well, anthony weiner may be digging an even bigger hole for himself. >> there are a few, i said at the time of my resignation, there were six -- i don't think in total there are any more, 6-10, i suppose, but i can't tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not. kelly: will voters in new york think his actions are inappropriate? and is the clock

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why does coca-cola write a brief to the united states supreme court and general motors and microsoft on issues of diversity and higher education? because they know if they want to get ahead, they've got to embrace that diversity. if they want to continue to be a fortunes 50 company, there's got to embrace diversity. similarly if we want to get down to the local level and address this issue, we've got to teach our kids that the sooner that you embrace difference and understand that your muslim classmate or your seat classmate or your gay classmate or your limited english professor classmate might be tomorrow's ceo or today's best friend of yours, the better off we will be. you have a leg up, having done about 30 jury trials across this country and seen interactions between people of diverse backgrounds. >> and here we try to celebrate, not just embrace, our diversity. celebrate all our interesting diversity but also celebrate the things that bind us together. ruslyn, does can urriculum need to change or is that not yet where you are. >> the federal government can't -- 10th amendment.

throughout its history and the united states supreme court from the 1960s on, we found justices would both uphold the death sentence even though the pushed himself it was wrong, they felt any democracy this is a decision that the people must make. state legislators must make and it's not for us to decide. >> host: and i thought just to cut take a look at the unique and very interesting kind of research you did, and i thought the francis case was interesting. and that you went and you went into these, went to the gas chambers and went to see these shares, the electric chairs. i just wanted about what the experience was like. >> guest: no death row inmate has that in as many electors as we have. to remind you about capital punishment is all about. that in this room life is being taken away by the state and do something about it more deeply. incidentally, they're summoned questions about capital punishment. a difficult one of course is whether to have it but once you decide to have it as the united states has, how it operates, who should be executed and what are the rules, those question

te pelley: we have an update now on a child custody battle that went all the way to the united states supreme court. it involves a three-year-old girl named veronica. when her mother placed her up for adoption, her biological father, a member of the cherokee nation, sued for custody. he cited a federal law intended to keep native american families together. but last month the justices ruled that the law did not apply and sent the case back to south carolina. today that state's highest court gave custody of veronica to a couple who had been trying to adopt her. there may be a break in a multimillion dollar art heist, but not the one police were hoping for. in october, thieves stole seven paintings from a dutch museum including a picasso and a monet. three suspects were arrested in romania, but what about the paintings? one suspect's mother said she burned them. she may be telling the truth. today a museum director said ash from her oven contains paint, canvas and nails. there was a magic moment at the all-star game last night when mariano rivera came in to pitch the 8th inning. the fans and other pl

this is the 50th anniversary of the gideon decision, which is the case where the united states supreme court decided that every poor person has a right to a lawyer. it's a very significant year. i want to thank the board of supervisors for its support of our department. as you may know, earlier this year we won the top award from the national legal aid in defender association, nlada is the top legal organization in the country and we were i think one of 12 organizations to receive their top award since nlada began giving this award i think 15 or 20 years ago. >> colleagues, any questions? supervisor avalos. >> mr. [speaker not understood], thank you for being here, for your work and the work of your office. a question about the [speaker not understood] program. i believe there was an effort to initiate that program out in the lakeview neighborhood. what is the status of that? >> yeah, we've been called out there to do presentations, but we don't have a satellite office set up there. we'd be certainly open to that, but we don't have a site presently. the neighborhood to have a satellite offic

my next guest says this administration is trying to circumvent the recent decision of united states supreme court the ec considers hostile to the constitution joining us now is the attorney general from the great state of texas now a candidate to succeed rick perry as governor. mr. attorney-general abbott, a hot style to the constitution you must tremble he must not be impressed to your interpretation as he has been so dismissive of his fellow attorneys in the house and the senate. >> this is what i think is works reportedly for the purpose of enforcing the voting rights act but nothing more than political theater like the way the legal challenge was launched not an a courtroom but at the national urban league convention. this reeks of politics and this follows in the footsteps of barack obama national field director coming to texas claiming they will turn texas blue. this is nothing more than the administration trying to rush into texas used the voting rights act for political purposes. lou: his attorney general talks about this very issue contesting the state of texas. i had to scratch my head

last june the litigants went to the united states supreme court and said, this law was no good because it was unconstitutional. but the united states supreme court said yes it is and we're not going backwards. last year two presidential candidates traveled all over this country, one called for this law's repeal, the other stood by this law's enforcement. last november the american people spoke and they said, e're not going backward. well, here we are again and the choice is backward or forward. make no mistake about it. if the underlying bill passes, the law unravels and all the protections people say they want unravel with it. and we go back to the day when american health care was run by insurance companies and not by consumers and providers. the choice, ladies and gentlemen, is backward or forward. i say we do not go backward to a day when insurance companies ran everything, we go forward and when that woman with breast cancer goes to apply for that health insurance policy, the answer is no longer, madam chairman, i'm sorry you're not -- ma'am, i'm sorry, you're not eligible, you ha

he just argued before the united states supreme court and had the opinion issue whether or not this is legal did his wife had given birth and he had erected sheridan -- had a room at the sheriff did and we decided we would be at the hotel room. which was command central vent later. >> can i just ask, speeeleven favor in the hotel room 416 because they wanted to avoid the press. soon if they went to great lengths to get there and then to have a driver to put it inside the garage at the sheridan. and then to get down the stairs that downing got in my car and then to turn around and come back and wait at the hotel. if we knew we we're doing it would not have worked. >> bill leach had the hotel room. [applause] >> you need to come to a conclusion? >> it took a long time. with the two beds in and one share be cultivated. >> it is just amazing to me how much over those two hours. and bill from the attorney general's office. and talking to you and in the speaker back-and-forth. finally there was a resolution we resolve all these issues. what exactly was it? what about the legislature? but in

. >> the united states supreme court did not rule against proposition 8. supreme court of the united states decided to stay out of it and did not make a decision. >> so we know we still have so much to do in helping folks to understand equality is important. >> reporter: members of the lgbt community are still celebrating the right for same- sex couples to marry here and say they aren't worried about the latest push to stop it again. >> it changes nothing in the fact that our country stood and said quite clearly that equal rights are equal for all. >> the lawsuit is requesting an immediate stay on all same-sex marriages while the case is considered. >>> u.s. fugitive edward snowden is asking for temporary asylum in russia. he met with human rights activists and lawyers in a moscow airport transit zone to negotiate asylum. >> i did not seek to sell u.s. secrets. i did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. i announce today my formal acceptance of all offers of support or asylum. >> presidents of venezuela and bolivia have already off

were discriminating against african-americans and he's basing it on two cases that the united states supreme courtverturned and vacated the ruling of. so i believe it is unfair, inappropriate for eric holder to base his decision to try to bail texas in, based on what democrats did three or four decades ago you? >> will be in the courtroom a lot. you have holder and the voter i.d. and he says he is moving to other states that could be south carolina and others. we thank you. this will be continued. we will get you back. we'll be right back. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support gularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convennt two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >> eric: originally two young high-profile cancer patients have died. they used social media to document their battles with the di

and also in the united states supreme court case on point. what i do think in terms of the process, i think a new jury that will be determining the penalty faces should have the opportunity to go backwards and let them be the ones to determine, and even though it may just be a rubber stamp, it was an aggravated homicide and therefore eligible for the death penalty, if you're going to do a new jury with a new penalty phase, which i have never heard of, but god bless arizona -- then let the new jury decide. >> at it $1.7 million. that's how much it costs the state to prosecutor this women with the unbelievable amount of evidence against her. we're going to spend another few hundred thousand dollars to get a new jury? when the new jury is empanelled they have to hear testimony and see evidence. there's still weeks if not months of evidence. they have to sit as new jurors in order to determine whether to put her to death or not. stop the bleeding. >> shepard: it's understandable her defense attorneys would make these claim. i don't understand why

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important to not lose the sight that voter identification lawes have been preapproved by the united states supreme courtadministration should not deny texas what was already allowed across the country. >> the texas attorney general is vowing it fight what he calls the obama administration's effort to control elections in his state. >>> the u.s. soldier, bradley manning, wanted world war anarchy when he linked hundreds of thousands of secret government files to the website wikileaks. worldwide anarchy. that's from the lead prosecutor today. first day of closing arguments in bradley manning's court-martial. he faces 21 charges in connection with the largest leak of classified information we've ever seen in america. one of those counts, aiding the enemy. could carry a life sentence. prosecutor's closing arguments today lasted hours. he told the court that manning quote, searched for his much information that he knew would guarantee his fame. information that wikileaks wanted to publicly release. defense attorneys are set to present their closing arg umgt tomorrow. they deny that bradley manning aided the e

the united states supreme court says the police can't profile based on race. >> you said you believe racial profiling was part of this case, race was part of this case. >> yes. i think what's important here is that race was an element of his decision. in fact, when race did come into the arguments here, it was introduced by the defense when they said that a black man had previously broken into a white woman's home and that was entered into evidence. so race did come in, but in a very negative way. >> angela corey, you said this case was not about race, but you said trayvon martin was profiled to be a criminal. how do you reconcile those two things? >> many factors go into one human being profiling another human being. >> doesn't race factor into that? >> well, race could factor into it. it would be one of many factors, but it was not the sole factor, nor were we able to file the race enhancement, the hate crime enhancement under florida law. we believe that the criminal profiling, the wannabe fact, the fact that he was armed and should have never gotten out of his car would be enough

. >> the united states supreme court has said that the police cannot profile people, so are we not going to let ordinary citizens profile our children? this could be anybody's child. >> meanwhile, in the state's capital, tallahassee, approved a student activist called the dream defenders occupied the rotunda and staged a sit-in in the office of governor rick scott. the protesters want the governor to call a special session of the state legislature to address florida's stand your ground law. governor scott is out of town. the protesters say they will remain in the building until they meet with the governor, himself. this, on the heels of more peaceful protests yesterday across country, including minneapolis, cleveland, houston, baltimore, and atlanta. in los angeles and oakland, largely peaceful protests did result in some violence and more than a dozen arrests. city officials made clear that small disruptive groups were the exception and not the norm. and in north carolina's state capital, the 11th installment of moral monday saw its largest gathering ever as more than 5,000 people gathe

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the united states supreme court says the police can't profile based on race. >> you said you believe racial profiling was part of this case, race was part of this case. >> yes. i think what's important here is that race was an element of his decision. in fact, when race did come into the arguments here, it was introduced by the defense when they said that a black man had previously broken into a white woman's home and that was entered into evidence. so race did come in, but in a very negative way. >> angela corey, you said this case was not about race, but you said trayvon martin was profiled to be a criminal. how do you reconcile those two things? >> many factors go into one human being profiling another human being. >> doesn't race factor into that? >> well, race could factor into it. it would be one of many factors, but it was not the sole factor, nor were we able to file the race enhancement, the hate crime enhancement under florida law. we believe that the criminal profiling, the wannabe fact, the fact that he was armed and should have never gotten out of his car would be enough