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Freedom taken away which is a very serious thing. i am not taking that lightly but lets remember when the government acts they have to act reasonably. in this instance he had doctors telling her this may be an issue and she was held for 72 hours. isnt comfortable inconvenient but ultimately had she been sick and had she infected someone they could have died. at the end of the day it is a balancing test. the government has the right to protect its citizens and sometimes it means inconveniencing s...

Employer make reasonable accommodations. first, an employer cannot discriminate based on religion but if someone has religious practices, an employer must make reasonable accommodations. however the operative word is reasonable. its a balancing test as with many things in the law. that reasonable accommodation cannot impose an undue hardship on her employees or the companys business operations. if it does the employer doesnt have to accommodate every request to practice religion. in your example...

On appeal of a guilty verdict that everyone else may think was very very strong. so the judge has to be very cautious. its a difficult balancing test with many constitutional considerations but each judge has to make a case-by-case determination. >> thank you so much. i appreciate the insight. in other news president george h.w. bush is in stable condition this morning after breaking a bone in his neck. the 91-year-old fell wednesday while at his home in kennebunkport. his spokesman said the i...

Why it would not be right to give him the death penalty. but none of them are mandatory. in other words, all 12 could agree that he showed remorse, and they could still give him the death penalty. so what it really is is the court giving them a clear outline of what the defense contention is as to why he should not be given the death penalty and allowing them to check off various factors, which then would become part of a larger discussion in the jury room about whether this case is an appropria...

Knees and side of the head with the helmets on. im sure some of those cops have serious injuries and theres no reason in the world for the officers to be subjected to this. >> all officers are not bad, neil. >> no they are not. no they are not. as are not all protesters bad. >> sheriff are, three hours away before darkness. what do they have to do in the meantime? >> if i were the mayor of baltimore, id have the national guard not only on stand by but ready to deploy if for no other reason to pu...

That way. its always been put to strict scrutiny. >> no its not. the reason why we have a religious freedom restoration act at the national level, is because the supreme court eviscerated that balancing test. thats why we needed it and thats why we had a broad consensus from the far left to the far right to say we need to respect religious conviction in this country. >> no the reason we have the federal law from 1993 is because of what we saw in supreme court precedent required by the court, for...

To know, senator, that will be the debate youre having next if you pass this bill. why not get ahead of it? you have a republican member of your legislature propose an amendment to the bill that wouldnt allow it to be used to discriminate against classes. wouldnt allow the use to be a defense, you said no, it would change the purpose of this bill. what does that mean? >> so the amendment that was offered which is contained in no state religious freedom act around the country, the other 20 states...

>> yes, some civil rights commitments have been deemed by this nation to be so deeply held that they shouldnt be up for a case determination by a particular judge. so in this instance, subjecting the civil rights of gay and lesbian individuals and gay and lesbian couples to the whims of a particular judge under the very murky area of a balancing test is not what is needed. what is needed is a more categorical test for protection of gays and lesbians. whats particularly striking, governor pence s...

Particular judge. so in this instance subjecting the civil rights of gay and lesbian individuals and gay and lesbian couples to the whims of a particular judge under the very murky area of a balancing test is not what is needed. its a more categorical protection for gays and lesbians. whats particularly striking governor pence said he was for religious liberty and against discrimination as if those two things were mutually exclusive. religious liberty claims are use often used to oppose in sad h...

Heres what he said in an interview with shawn hannity. >> i stand by this law. the law doesnt need to be fixed, we need to fix the perception. this law does not give anyone a license to discriminate. its simply a balancing test thats used in our kourts its been used in the federal courts for more than 20 years. what were contemplating today was that the legislature would send me a bill that simply makes it clear what was always -- is always the truth about this bill that makes it clear that this...