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Costs them a lot. and they came to court and said were entitled to protection, too, under that law. it was a tough case. we looked at the law, and it says any person with a sincerely held religious belief is basically protected, except for strict scrutiny. what does person mean in that statute? congress didnt define the term. so what does a judge do? a judge goes to the dictionary act as you alluded to senator, the dictionary act is an act prescribed by congress that defines terms when they aren...

Costs them a lot. they came to court and said were entitled to protection too under that law. its a tough case. we looked at the law, and it says any person with a sincerely held religious belief is basically protected, except for strict scrutiny. what does person mean in that statute? congress didnt define the term so what does a judge do? a judge goes to the dictionary act, as you alluded to, senator. the dictionary act is an act prescribed by congress that defines terms when they are not othe...

They came to court and said we are entitled to protection too under the law, tough case. we looked at the law, and it says any person with a sincerely held religious belief is basically protected except for strict scrutiny. what does person mean in that statute? congress did not define the term. so what does a judge do? a judge goes to the dictionary act, as you alluded to, senator, the dictionary act as an act prescribed by congress that defines terms when they are not otherwise defined. that i...

Most charities are corporations. the the federal dictionary act, which governors what federal terms mean under the term person it includes corporate persons and theres no reason why you would think if youre a corporate forum, you cant exercise religion. >> mr. ryan youre not a corporation. youre a human being. now you may work for a corporation, but the rights of you far exceed that of a corporation and this right now, if you connect the two, opens the door for blatant discrimination. >> thats n...

Constitutional rights of others. even those very different from himself. thats why my question at judge gorsuchs hearings focused on his view of americans rights to privacy and liberty to make their most personal life decisions. at the hearings, i focused in on a case written by judge gorsuch, hobby lobby, which for the first time allowed for profit companies to refuse to provide thousands of employees access to family planning based on the for profit corporations religious beliefs. i laid out i...

Others, even those very different from himself and with values different from his own. that is why my question at judge gorsuchs hearings focused on his view of americans rights to privacy and liberty to make their most important personal life decisions. at the hearings, i focused in on 810th circuit case written by judge gorsuch, hobby lobby, which for the first time allowed for-profit companies to refuse to provide thousands of employees access to family planning based on the for-profit corpor...

Corporations. >> it was. >> uh-huh. >> under rifra. >> you dont think then -- maybe we can end this line here. you dont think that they would have these rights, a corporation would have these rights under the first amendment? >> i dont think hobby lobby speaks to the question of the first amendment at all. what it speaks to is the question of the religious freedom restoration act and what a person is as defined under that statute by reference to the dictionary act which is congresss direction to...

Corporations. >> it was. under rifra. >> maybe we can end this line here, so you dont think they would have these rights a corporation would have these rights under the first amendment. >> i dont think hobby lobby speaks to first amendment at all. what a person is defined under that statute to reference of the dictionary act which is congresss direction when dealing with statutes what words were supposed to use, what definitions and senator, in rifra, if this body wants to say it only enjoys -- ...