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In. is there anything you can read from taking these two days together from the way the justices came down 7-2 in the obamacare case unanimously in the case involving catholic social services? >> well, this is going to be a barn burner of a term anyway because of this new conservative supermajority on the court. there are six conservative justices, which really put the chief justice on the back foot. hes always been the pivotal swing vote. he side with the liberals on abortion. he continues to p...

Catholic social services looking to seek a religious exemption because the city of philadelphia no longer allowed them to move forward with foster parents because catholic social services did not want to include same-sex foster parents in that situation. the court ruled in a unanimous decision in favor of catholic social services. however, this was a very narrow ruling. it pertained specifically to this instance, this case, and was not a broader ruling and was not a ruling wle others could seek ...

Anti-discrimination laws. first to be heard with amy coney barrett on the court. a narrow ruling. that is where we are. in our hour of coverage of the supreme court. the obamacare case, a blockbuster coming unexpectedly early. typically, they dont come in a week or two perhaps. this has real implications politically, potentially. it is a victory for democrats who have been fighting to keep obamacare in place as the law of the land for years. we are going to be covering this throughout the day he...

And justice breyer is the one who wrote that decision. what if anything, melissa, can you read into that makeup of where the justices fell in this case in. >> i think one of the things thats important to note here is the chief justice was with the majority here. when hes with the majority, he has the prerogative to sign this opinion. he did not keep this important opinion for himself. he gavet to justice breyer. that might mean a lot of things. it might mean nothing. that does mean he was comfor...

On the left side of your screen live is the supreme court obviously, and two of the biggest cases of the term if not the biggest cases have been decided. the rulings coming out in the last 30 minutes, one, of coursing on obamacare, but the justices deciding in a 7-2 decision. you see justices alito and gorsuch for the minority. this critical case, deciding there was not standing for this. rule eeg essentially that obamacare will remain the law of the land. nearly 11 million people as of 2020 wer...

A person to get into court than a state. in this case what were seeing is the court obviously at some earlier point would have been open to the idea they had standing. that would have been a fair statement. they looked at it. and from what you read from justice breyer in other passages really did a full analysis that rejected the idea that obamacare is this bad or troublesome four states. have conservative states that dont like obamacare or other states that are vulnerable or injurious. they rea...

Principles that govern or con constitution, there should be no conflict between religious freedoms and advancing individual rights. this case illustrates that. we need to make sure that our government institutions are applying the law in a neutral way. it also, again, highlights and demonstrates the need for consistent federal protections. thats consider we need the equality act. we need to make sure theres consistent application of the law across the country as opposed to what we have been seei...

We no longer have ari. i will give you thoughts. you are up to speed just as we are here with clarity and transparency on what has evolved over the last 54 minutes or so. obamacare for the third time has been upheld by the supreme court. in a 7-2 ruling -- you see the other two instances here. here is the 7-2 ruling. they are rejecting a claim that a recent change to the law made it unconstitutional. the other big decision from the supreme court, what we have been talking about, was the unanimou...

Its done that in the past. there have been cases where the court has avoided the larger questions by deciding on other cases. >> is there a way it could potentially come in court in the next maybe term or two related to this issue where if they are punting a bit, they might not do and that might end up ruling on the merits? >> i think its hard to think of another case that we get up this high as its structured. and, again, going beyond just the holding that obamacare is safe today, to the profes...

Find families that will adopt foster children because you wont allow them to be into the homes of same-sex parents, and the city says that violates our non-discriminating law, youre violating a city contract. catholic social services sued and said that violates our religious freedom. by a vote of 9-0, the supreme court voted with catholic social services. theres a limiting provision in this decision. what catholic social services said, you need not only to rule in favor of us, but you need to st...