Hardball   |  March 14, 2013

Sideshow: What’s in a name that which you call a justice?

An Oklahoma congressman doesn’t necessarily get what a Supreme Court justice does, and some Utah state senators had bizarre objections to a domestic violence bill.

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>> the new segment we have for you tonight, it's called, a house budget chairman paul ryan , well said. let me repeat this. house budget chairman, paul ryan , well said.

>> this, to us, is something we're not going to give up on because we're not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the american people .

>>> back to "hardball." if you had to rattle off a quick summary of the job of the supreme court , you'd go with it determines whether laws are constitutional, right? we turn to oklahoma republican congressman, jim bridenstein. he's not convinced thanks to a certain health care rule.

>> the supreme court rules on something doesn't necessarily mean that that's constitutional. what that means is that that's what they decided on that particular day given the makeup of the court on that particular day. and the left in this country has done an extraordinary job of stacking the courts in their favor. i hear this all the time from republicans. you know, they say that the court is the arbitrator, and after the arbitration is done, that's the rules that we have to live under then we can go forth and make legislation given those rules. that's not the case. a perfect example is obama care. obama care is not constitutional. the individual mandate.

>> where to begin? of course there's the obvious note that if the supreme court rules something constitutional, it is under the american system . it is constitutional. the congressman points out the democrats have stacked the courts in their favor. of the nine supreme court justices , five of the nine were appointed by republican presidents. simple math. by the way, let's tgo out to utah utah . the legislature passed, cases of domestic violence, not necessarily married or even living together. a couple state senators had bizarre, wait physical you hear thirks objections to the bill.

>> you make a lot of mistakes in your first original encounter and dates with this new partner. a lot of times you roughhouse, a lot of times you're trying to determine limits on where your limit is and where her limit is and where you've gone too far. now if you feel uncomfortable about something that happens, you go and get a court order . it's like, how did this get introduced? i did something i thought was in fun and jest and the next thing i know, i have a court order against any.

>> the way i read it, it could be two girls and one thinks they're just good girl friends and one thinks it's a romantic relationship and they're dating. when the other finds out they're not dating, she thought they were girlfriends, all of a sudden one can get angry and all kinds of concerns can be generated because this is such an ill-defined dating relationship.

>> what was that guy talking about? beat the crap out of your wife and didn't know that was what she liked? what is he talking about? it's beyond imagination out in utah they're talking like this 37 you have to ask -- i'll just say this, my advice to republicans, stop talking up this stuff. rape and all this stuff, stop talking about it. you sound like animals.

>>> up next, pope francis and growing power of latinos around this country and around the world, of course. you're watching "hardball." the place for politics.