Face the Nation 12.18.11

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Bob Schieffer interviewed Newt Gingrich, who has been getting a lot of harsh criticism from the media. The first topic that was discussed was Mitt Romney’s new endorsements. The endorsements that they were referring to were the ones from Iowa’s popular newspaper, The Des Moines Register. Newt Gingrich called the Des Moines Register, a liberal paper, he received an endorsement from the conservative paper, Manchester Union Leader. The next topic that was discussed was Newt Gingrich’s previous comment saying that a president should, at times “ignore” the Supreme Court. Now Newt Gingrich defended his statement with his own personal history of lawyers and using examples. He stated that the judiciary branch is the weakest of the three branches in our government according to the Federalists Papers. They started to talk about immigration policies. Newt Gingrich wants a “secure border” by 2014, English as the official language, stronger fines on hiring immigrants, and a better visa as well as citizenship programs. Newt Gingrich is more lenient on the immigrants who have been here for 25 years+, he feels as though that they should have a chance to get a residency permit.