integrity really as a member of the united states senate is unquestioned, is another example of political targeting. it s clear that these guys who have the power literally to ruin and destroy people s lives will stop at nothing. and i think this is, the grassley matter is another example. bill: jay sekulow, how are you? good morning to you. we may have to interrupt our segment. we ll see we just got a decision, bill, the nole decision case just came out. bill: that s the one that had to do with, what, the senate was in break? an appointment was made yeah. and the court ruled in favor of saying that the senate was, in fact, controlling its own rules, and the president denied authority. that s what the initial read is. bill: so what happens then? the appointment is null and void? but that null and void. so we re getting i m analyzing it right now, it literally came out moments ago. i represent speaker boehner in that case before the supreme court, so indications are, at le
martha: all right, get ready, folks. big news as we are waiting and watching, any minute now we could get some key decisions on some cases that have been watched for months and months, and they are expected to come out, potentially, this morning, any minute now. welcome, everybody, brand new hour of america s newsroom, i m martha maccallum. bill: and i m bill healther. the court now winding down its session but the justices have a couple more days to do this, and today might be one of them. there are four big cases on the docket still, and we re expecting at least two of the rulings to be released today. martha: shannon bream is live at the supreme court. we got a couple big decisions yesterday which leads some watchers to think that we may get a couple of these big ones today as well. tell us about the two big ones. reporter: okay, the hobby lobby case, a for-profit company s challenge to the hhs contraception mandate.
overstepped his the federal east agency s policies. they will ask for a stay to prevent the distribution of these pills to girls under 17 as they have the appeal in process, martha. martha: eric, specifically what is the critics take on the judge s ruling here? reporter: the decision, original decision, say girls as young as 15 certainly should not have access to the pills. they say if they do they should potentially get a prescription, not buy them over-the-counter and have their parents permission. some plaintiffs in the case that sued the fda originally while they were suing on the right of behalf their 13-year-old dursts to get the pills. but supporters have contended there should be no restrictions on the availability much these emergency contraceptives. they say that will prevent unwanted pregnancies and they claim it is really needed. martha? martha: eric, thank you so much. what a story, huh? what do you think? what does this say about where we are right now in this country?