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Controversial. but these are not ordinary times. this bill is not really complicated. the bill itself restates the standard of review for the courts to consider in determining first amendment privileges as weight against the compelling interest of the state. thats simply stated as a summary as to what this legislation does. its a balancing test. the bill itself does not pick winners and losers. it balances two competing constitutional obligations that our founding fathers gave to us. but the iss...

People that we disagree with in anyway. im sorry, i dont think attitudes changing over the past 20 years is the way to describe it. this is about human rights. do not go there, governor pence. this is ridiculous. he totally stepped in it. politically terrible. people are calling him a big ought because it sounds like one and looks like one. im sorry. >> i think there will still be a balancing test. no matter what people say on sets in midtown manhattan or in george town. i think there will be a ...

Health care coverage for businesses, and hobby lobby and i might add university of notre dame among others filed federal lawsuits to challenge obamacare under the religious freedom restoration act. the supreme court in a majority opinion last year upheld the right of private business owner under the religious freedom restoration act citing the act, and but heres the background. in 1993 the federal law was signed by president clinton. in 1997 the supreme court of the united states ruled that the ...

One of them, the religious freedom restoration act was about religious liberty. not about discrimination. as i said last week, had this law been about legalizing discrimination, i would have vetoed it. this law does not give anyone a license to discriminate. the religious freedom restoration act in indiana does not give anyone the right to deny services to anyone in this state. it is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades...

Notre dame among others filed federal lawsuits. to challenge obamacare under the religious freedom restoration act. the supreme court and the the majority of opinion last year upheld the right of a private business owner under the religious freedom act, citing the act. but heres the background. in 1993, the federal law was signed by president clinton. in 1997, the supreme court of the united states ruled that the act did not apply to states that did not have their own statute. and thats why you ...

And thats really what has brought us here today, isnt it? >> no. i dont think so. actually when you look at the states the 30 state around the country who have this balancing test within state law, theres never been one example, one instance of a gay or lesbian citizen who has been discriminated against because of rfra we think thats a red herring argument. when you look at the cases time and time again across the country, its these sorts of situations. its the case of mary steinmatz in kansas s...

Service. its was a busy night last night from ferguson to d.c. were digging deeper into this latest secret service scandal with senior agents crashing their car into barricades around the white house supposedly after a party. first of all, i cant believe were even repeating that line that secret service agents might have been drunk and partying and crashed in their car. weve had a lot of these problems lately among secret service. i was unaware that there is this sort of immunity that many of th...

Their -- >> two quick points. the first point is this. number one, i understand that case. theres a distinction in that case. it was about public contact. it was entertainment. this is private conduct that humiliated people in the public domain. and when you deal with first amendment, its a balancing test. you have individual rights but if these rights impede or otherwise impair the collective rights -- the company or in this case the university can take action, i think theyre protected. >> and ...

Million kids arent even using the the school lunch program. >> yeah. >> its got to stop. >> right. >> arthur, what should happen here? you know, a lot of kids dont have parenteds at home -- parents at home that are providing these meals for them. they do need the school to serve as a provider, so what role should the federal government be playing, and what rule should parents play? should they be signing petitions and saying, look, in this isnt working, were not happy and we need to change it? >...

80 pages of new rules okay? and the rules are basically making it very difficult for police officers to do their jobs, even when it comes to violent crimes. and it is difficult, a tough balancing test because you have to look at the constitutional rights of the citizens. but you also have to take into account the police officers will be able to do their jobs. they are out there putting their lives on the line every single day. and oftentimes they have to make split-second decisions. now they are...