"With national health care a reality, the next major controversy for the Obama administration is what to with the 12-million illegal aliens in the USA. It's clear the American people have had enough; 70% of Arizona residents support the state's tough anti-illegal alien law and 60% of all Americans support it as well. The Obama administration could introduce a national immigration reform bill right now, but won't because the issue is too hot. So liberal America must try to persuade independent America to support the 'pathway to citizenship' vision. Nancy Pelosi has urged Catholic leaders to speak about the issue from the pulpit. So let me get this straight. Speaker Pelosi wants a pro-immigration point of view in church! What about that wall of separation? Would the Speaker support preachers urging fiscal responsibility? The bottom line is that the feds don't know what to do about illegal immigration, but the folks do - secure the border once and for all and then pass an immigration law that is built on fairness, not ideology."

The Factor asked Rev. Barry Lynn, who consistently opposes mixing politics and religion, to critique Nancy Pelosi's plea to Catholic leaders. "I'm very uncomfortable," Lynn said, "when politicians decide to make these very overtly religious pitches. I don't think it is up to politicians to set the agenda for the church, which is perfectly capable of doing that for itself. We don't need the advice of political officials on moral teachings, whether they're on the right or the left." The Factor expanded on Lynn's warning: "The danger is that tax-exempt organizations like the Catholic Church and other religions would get behind a political candidate and use their power to say vote for this person. The Founding Fathers wanted no part of that."

Obama watchers Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes analyzed the immigration issue and its political ramifications. "It's dead this year," Crowley asserted, "because the health care battle was such a bruising fight that no Democrat or Republican wants to take up another hugely controversial issue this year." Colmes predicted that President Obama will introduce immigration reform after the midterm elections, then outlined his own radical proposal for open borders. "Number one, I want the feds to go after employers who hire people without documentation. Number two, I want checkpoints so we know who is coming in. If they can't get work, they're likely to want to go back home. Would Jesus have lines between countries?" The Factor was not exactly thrilled by Colmes' idea: "I'm not going to disparage you for that because this is so insane it speaks for itself."

FNC anchor and attorney Megyn Kelly looked ahead to the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. "This process will show the ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to justices. Republicans think 'judicial activism' means striking down laws, looking for 'social justice,' and using 'empathy' in making your discussions. Folks on the other side say that's not 'judicial activism, it's just interpreting the Constitution as a living, breathing document that needs to be modified over time." The conversation became heated when it shifted to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Some excerpts:

The Factor: "I don't think Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives a whit about the Constitution."
Kelly: "You are being really unfair, you don't know what you're talking about."
The Factor: "Her decisions are always based on what Ruth Bader Ginsburg feels is best for the country, not on what James Madison wrote."
Kelly: "Don't assail her credentials and her commitment to the Constitution just because you disagree with the way she interprets it. She may not be the kind of jurist you would like, but that doesn't mean she doesn't honor the Constitution."

The Factor began the segment with a condemnation of legalized gambling: "You can get addicted to it, you can go into debt so your children will suffer. Gambling is such a powerful thing." But Fox Business anchor and libertarian John Stossel had this response: "Fatty food can lead to heart disease, so do we try to ban that? What about sex? I hear there are sex addicts doing all kinds of harm. Some people will always abuse appealing things. The laws against gambling don't stop it, and the states are so hypocritical - they run their own state lotteries with the worst odds and encourage poor people to play. Governments should leave adults alone if we're not directly hurting anybody else. Leave consenting adults alone!"

Former Georgia elementary school teacher Tonya Kraft, accused of molesting three little girls in 2008, was acquitted Tuesday after a five-week trial. Legal aces Lis Wiehl and Kimberly Guilfoyle analyzed the verdict. "There was no evidence," Wiehl explained, "no forensics or anything else. They only had the testimony of the three girls and her own daughter, and experts testified that there was no sexual abuse." But Guilfoyle was not convinced of Kraft's innocence. "A jury decided that it was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt; that can mean it did happen or did not happen. It's very difficult when you take the testimony of children and the accusation by the defense that it was 'false memory.'"

Contestants in this year's Miss USA pageant posed for racy photos in their underwear, an obvious attempt to garner publicity and boost TV ratings. The Factor welcomed FNC's Lauren Green and Jill Dobson, both of whom are veterans of beauty pageants. "I was in this contest just ten years ago," Dobson said, "and if I had pictures like this floating around they might have gotten me disqualified. The contestants didn't know they were signing up for something like this." Green condemned pageant promoters for selling sex and demeaning women. "These pictures are nothing short of slutty. We talk about women having choices, we say women can be CEOs or President of the United States, but this degrades everything the women's movement fought for. We make the case that Muslims oppress women by making them wear burkhas to please men. What is different about Western women taking off everything to please men? This is harmful to young women."

Tuesday's Pinhead: Henry "Fonzie" Winkler, who mocked Sarah Palin as "the most articulate member of her family." And Pinhead II: BBC correspondent Katty Kay, who claimed airport security screening can cause moderate Muslims to "turn towards extremism."

Jimmy Howell, Tifton, GA: "Bill, you were all over Eric Holder because of the Miranda rights/terror issue. He then reverses himself and you hound him for flip-flopping. Is that fair?"

Cindy Oedekoven, Gillette, WY: "Holder is all over the map on Miranda. I don't think he has a belief system, it's just politics."

Tom Burley, Alto, MI: "Bill, thanks for holding Holder accountable. There is no pettifogging in the no spin zone."

Rob Mason, Elgin, IL: "Bill, so you and Obama are down on high-tech gizmos. Don't be a Luddite."