We were waiting for it… and now it happened.  California along with 15 other states have filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s emergency declaration over border wall funds.  The lawsuit argues that the president used the pretext of a manufactured crisis to declare a national crisis. The lawsuit will make its way through the 9th Circuit which has ruled against him on various other legal challenges. Jeremy White, reporter for Politico, joins us to set up this legal fight.

Next, after last week’s shooting in Aurora Illinois, one of the first questions that pops up is, did the suspect own the gun legally?  In that case, he passed the background check and got his gun, but he never should have passed that background check. He had a prior felony conviction in another state.  This is a problem that arises in cases all across the country, people getting guns when they shouldn’t.  There is a law on the books that a gun sale can proceed after three days, even if the background check isn’t completed. Zusha Elinson, reporter for the WSJ, joins us to talk about how many banned buyers get guns and what the ATF has to do to get them back.

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