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Judiciary should constitute expression it is uncharted for courts to say what is are and what is not. oregon appellate court got it wrong when they decided the artist real expressed by mrs. cline and her custom cakes were not entitleed first amendment protection afforded to other mediums of artistic expression. why they had what they were looking to. arguing andmenting to appeal is going to be based on the first amendment issue. >> the way they got around that in going into the public docket rea...

Judiciary should constitute expression it is uncharted for courts to say what is are and what is not. oregon appellate court got it wrong when they decided the artist real expressed by mrs. cline and her custom cakes were not entitleed first amendment protection afforded to other mediums of artistic expression. why they had what they were looking to. arguing andmenting to appeal is going to be based on the first amendment issue. >> the way they got around that in going into the public docket rea...

Questions for both sides in a carefully looking at the implications, forcing people to express messages that would violate their religious convictions and it concerned the justices. >> shannon: the argument is jack phillips, hes an artist as he creates cakes. my understanding he was happy for the couple to buy premade items but he didnt want to engage in something that he would have to craft with his artistic skills. justice sotomayor gave you a bed of a hard time today and said there are sandwi...

Carefully looking at the implications, forcing people to express messages that would violate their religious convictions and it concerned the justices. >> shannon: the argument is jack phillips, hes an artist as he creates cakes. my understanding he was happy for the couple to buy premade items but he didnt want to engage in something that he would have to craft with his artistic skills. justice sotomayor gave you a bed of a hard time today and said there are sandwich artists, people who create ...

Entitled to first amendment protection." when advocates tried to equate phillips actions to those who once denied service on the basis of race, chief justice john roberts noted that when the supreme court decided its same-sex marriage case two years ago, "it went out of its way to talk about the decent and honorable people who may have opposing views." justice anthony kennedy who has often ruled in favor of lgbt interest was tough on both sides. raised eyebrows when he said this. "counselor, tol...

Administration. last month you issued a memo which focused on ensuring first amendment protection force religious groups and individuals. the last two congresss senator lee and i introduced the first amendment defense act which you were a cosponsor of. as you know this legislation ensures the fundamental right to exercise ones religion by prohibiting the federal government from denying or excluding a person from receiving a federal gront, contract, loan, license, certification, accreditation, em...

Whether they would go beyond that. but first, the justice department has to make their case that assange was somehow involved in leaking the classified information, not merely being the repository for someone who laid their hands on it all by themselves and then handed it to him to publish on his website. there is a big difference between those two potential fact patterns.ee >> greg: its a distinction between aiding and abetting and simply delivering material. >> absolutely. >> greg: i happen to...

Offenders, cartel members for instance, but i dont know whether they would go beyond that. but first, the justice department has to make their case that assange was somehow involved in leaking the classified information, not merely being the repository for someone who laid their hands on it all by themselves and then handed it to him to publish on his website. there is a big difference between those two potential fact patterns. >> greg: its a distinction between aiding and abetting and simply de...

With us for more. it is interesting because his predecessors believed there just wasnt enough there because other newspapers had published the documents that perhaps he had some sort of first amendment protection. why are things looking different now. >> well, for one thing, as you know, this probe has been going on since 2010 when he gained attention for obtaining the thousands of documents from former u.s. military analyst known as chelsea manning. were told by u.s. officials that since then, ...

The law doesnt care that much about those distinctions that journalists have been obsessed with lately, whats sean penn doing, who is he to do this. "rolling stone" is a magazine afforded first amendment protection. as long as he did not aid or abet the fugitive in any way, he can interact with him. as i mentioned on air today, we have got interviews in the past with osama bin laden, julian assange, that is done. >> also, the narrative changes too if it comes out that he was really a pawn or del...