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Pete: like any job you get hired to do your job whether you are ready or not. he is ready. talking religious freedom, death penalty, sovereignty. the idea is you think he will rule to the constitution. take the master cake case on religious freedom. you think he will be differential to those who feel they should live in a country with freedom of religion. >> reporter: that is one of our protected fundamental freedoms. that case dealt with whether or not the government can compel you or i to have...

Limitation on the use. the issue of same-sex marriage is largely settled but the issue coming up is when can people with the permission of the courts discriminate against gay people. the cake case, which the justices sort of dodged, but those cases are coming back. the conservative movement in this country wants to allow religious people to say, you cant buy a cake from me. you cant stay in my motel. you cant go to my restaurant. that is the cases that are coming down the pike. and those cases a...

Clarity on the issue. the ruling was 7-2. it was a decision that was fairly narrow and doesnt answer all of the questions. how did you read it? >> james: i think thats right. the bottom line is judge kennedy, justice kennedy, obviously grappling with two competing notions, the tension between making people be respectful of those who they may differ with, the government making people more tolerant. but also the government not railroading deeply held religious beliefs. thats the tension. everybody...

The decisive vote on abortion, affirmative action, probably on the gerrymandering case, the cake case. when you are that pivotal, do you want to give it up? so if i had to bet money, id bet hes not going, but i have to tell you, that he wrings his hands on cases, he is unpredictable and i think that he will be here too. >> and so the stakes for the president are enormous. his campaign words being used against him,is presidential policy in the issue of the travel ban, gay rights case, president n...

We talked about everything the travel ban means, but they got other big rulings. >> reporter: thats right. when it came to the travel ban, we are already looking toward next term when the supreme court said they will take up one important opinion. the cake case out of colorado. they agreed to hear it two days after they granted same-sex marriage as a right. a cake owner declined to make a cake for a same-sex couple when they came in and asked him to bake one for their wedding reception. the cake...

>> shannon: any minute now we could get very big news out of the supreme court as we await a lot of high-profile decisions on the final day of the term. reports also swirling of a possible retirement from the bench. were keeping an eye on it and well keep an eye on it for you. welcome to a new hour of "americas newsroom." >> bill: good weekend? >> shannon: rested up and ready to go. >> bill: youll need it because of this. im bill hemmer, another big story. right now the supreme court wont weigh ...