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he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country's history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said ...

case after liberal justice brown jackson recused herself. all conservative justices siding with the majority. they decided both programs do violate the 14th amendment equal protection clause and therefore unlawful. shannon bream, chief legal correspondent is watching it for us. this is a big day. we look back 19 years ago. in 2003 justice sandra day o'connor was the swing or deciding vote in what was a landmark supreme court case over race. perhaps the most divisive social, political and cultural issue in the country's history. fast forward to today. tell us about the conservative co...

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. the supreme court comprised by appoint east of former president donald trump ended a most consequential term. scotus on voting rights, affirmative action, student loans and adoption. this on top of last year's rulings concerns abortion, guns, religion and climate change. yesterday, the court released a much anticipated opinion concerning speech and gay rights. at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn't the baker. this case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to ...

ironic it is that your -- the justice says when they're nominate and they're going through the confirmation process, they say we don't like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was -- like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. >> that's a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. >> exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to ...

that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like second class citizens in this country. >> absolutely. i was also, you know, glad to hear it presented in that way that perhaps, it's a lot more -limited, and it can be interpreted by other courts as well in a lot more limiting way. so, let's hope -- >> let's hope, and let...