Maddow, Rick Santorum Go Head To Head On Same-Sex Marriage, SCOTUS | msnbc

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1. Santorum 2016

2. How can Santorum say that he does not know the answer of what does he think

3. It's absolutely fascinating humans can create delusional echo chambers like this YouTube comments section.

4. Santorum should read the US Constitution some time. Nowhere in it is the Supreme Court granted the final say on anything whatsoever? The court it limited to deciding matters concerning law and the Constitution itself. That's it. End of story. By the way, "the people" don't have the final say in anything whatsoever either. Their say is limited by the Constitution too.

5. Wrong in so many ways

6. Why is he obsessed with homosexuality?

7. She looks like a 16 year-old boy. Sorry, but that's distracting.

8. So glad this slime hast to live in an era where he lost this battle.

9. It's amazing how politicians will twist things everytime they don't get their way.

10. "I don't spend time thinking about this" LOL LIAR

11. Santorum = idoiot

12. But, is Rachel Maddow an activist or a journalist? let the guy stick to his believe and people make their own judgements

13. Rick is a Fanatic and a fundamentalist Catholic.

14. IT is a professional on gayness i have no idea what gender Maddow is.

15. Rachel I APPLAUD YOU for being able to sit across the table from him and conduct that interview with such great patience and decorum. You are a true professional and have my utmost respect!! I honestly would have loved to smack that smug smile off his face. But hey that's me. LOL

16. Conservatives always fall back to "but they were fundamentally wrong on this decision"…no, you just don't LIKE the decision. You seemed totally content with other decisions that favored your agenda.

    The marriage decision wasn't about "the people" or the States. This was never a decision that should have been put on a ballot to begin with. It's not something that should've been left to the states, because that causes the confusing patchwork of conflicting laws depending on what state you're currently in.

    When me and my husband leave our home in Texas to visit my brother in Massachusetts, we're still married. If we decide to spend a weekend in Vegas, we're still married. If my job ever makes me move to Florida, we're still married.

    It's a simple luxury that everyone else had had for as long as they can remember, but it's something we don't take for granted. We were together ten years before we were legally able to marry. The fact that people like Santorum exist who actively want to undo my marriage is sickening.

17. Rachel is such a nerd… I love her.

18. For those who simplistically think Sen Santorum doesn't know what he's talking about when bringing up topics of branches of government and the role of the SCOTUS, please read, study and understand the controversy regarding Federalist Paper 78 (Hamilton).

19. Has-been Ricky on the stump again. Gee Ricky, why don't you explain why you constantly broke election law in PA when campaigning? YOU are not someone to lecture about legality or constitutionality of ANYTHING.

20. Lol…his complete argument goes against Marbury v Madison and Cooper v Aaron. They literally say that the SC has the power to invalidate a Congressional statute, is the final arbiter of the constitution and its rulings are the supreme law of the land.

21. This guy…! Thank you Rachel, for having learned and understood the basic principles of government in America.
    This guy…???!

22. OMG that was satisfying.

23. Santorum is a liar and a MORON.

24. Rick Sanctum Santorum is too holy for America !

25. A time when MSNBC was still getting it's swimming legs to be right wing.

26. https://youtu.be/2y3an79EoOM

27. wow, america can be happy ending up with trump, this guy is … not even entertaining … just dumb

28. He's a dickhead…period!

29. Fancy a person that is as dumb as a fence post arguing with Rachel Maddow on politics and the constitution who has a doctorate in political science and can use the honorific Doctor !!

30. Hates gays, Hates abortion, Hates democracy, STFU Santorum!

31. Fake chirstains they have baby we wont feed it

32. He is just an evangelical shithole.

33. cheers to Her and him. She was decent to have him on and he was decent to come. Debate is really needed in our time.

34. Boy is former (U. S.) Sen. Rick Santorum (R – Pennsylvania) an absolute fuckhead.

35. When you're a senator in a country and you don't know how the government you work in works.

36. They're both dingbats

37. I'd forgotten how much I despise this man.

38. Nowhere in the constitution either in art. III or any amendments does it say SCOTUS is the final arbiter. It conferred that right to itself in Marbury v Madison – neither branches challenged it. It was absolutely NOT the intent of the founders! This misconception is deeply ingrained in US popular history.

39. Santorum FEELS that he is above the Constitution. Santorum FEELS it is good to bring a dead baby home to his living children, too.

40. There needs to be a change to the legal standard on taking dead babies home to give to young children like a doll.

41. Can we just admire the civility of this debate no matter what side you're on??

42. This is what I call an INTELLIGENT debate! Props to you Rachel!!! I love your show! 🙂

43. Hey maddow, keep talking about russia?? this is entertainment, not news or journalism and the muller report proved how sad the media is. No evidence?? Ahh who cares it gets ratings!

44. Stupid guy, knows nothing.

45. I believe that Rick Santorum is incorrect, partially. If the Congress passes a law, and it is contested, the Supreme court can deem it "unconstitutional" and render it moot. But the Congress, theoretically, can overturn a Supreme Court decision, but not by itself. For example, here is an excerpt of an article I was recently reading:

    "Drafting and passing a new law can be a time-consuming process, but it certainly takes less effort than amending the Constitution. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate. If it passes this hurdle, the amendment is sent to the state legislatures. The amendment doesn't become an official part of the Constitution until 75 percent of the states approve it. Constitutional amendment isn't always necessary, however, to correct judicial interpretations that go against congressional intent. For example, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1991 after several Supreme Court decisions illustrated how prior civil rights laws didn't have as broad a scope as the legislature intended. The act negated as many as nine court opinions, including five decisions handed down just two years earlier."

    This is how Congressional power can overturn a Supreme Court decision. However, this process has never been utilized in our nation's history.

46. "why did you say the word dog?" ……..I love her.

47. Absolute stupidity from Rick

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