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Jumps in again, interrupts him, asks, "blood transfusions, could they refuse their employees getting blood transfusions on religious grounds?" the lawyer says at that point each of these would have to be evaluated on its own. then they struggled on through the first half of the argument. this is a case at the supreme court today that has been championed by conservatives and republicans as a test of religious liberty. at its factual core, though, it really is about the question of whether or not your boss gets to decide on the basis of his or her religious beliefs whether or not your health ins...

The case that a corporation should be able to deny its employees access to contraception on the basis of their religious beliefs, the lawyer is arguing that case and he gets out 1 1/2 sentences of his argument when he is interrupted by justice sonia sotomayor. she says "is your claim limited to contraceptives or include items like blood transfusions, vaccines? for some religions, products made of pork. could an employer preclude the use of those items as well?" the lawyer gets out 2 1/2 sentences in response to justice sotomayor, whereupon he gets interrupted again. this time by justice elena ...

This case? and how broadly applicable is it beyond the initial facts of this challenge? >> well, the key legal point that ought to decide the case is whether companies can use their economic leverage to impose their own moral views on their employees. no one doubts that the green family has sincere objections to contraception. they own a company that employs 13,000 people. and they want to impose their religious views on those 13,000 people. and if they succeed, as justice kagan pointed out later in the argument, rachel, if they succeed in this claim of imposing their burden of their religious...

The fbi's full statement to us today is posted on our website tonight at maddowblog.com. let me say, i would still welcome the opportunity to speak with anyone from the fbi ever if they would ever be willing to talk about this live on television. so far, i don't have hope that they ever will. especially because this has ended exactly the way they needed it to end. in the meantime, joining us now, david boeri, senior reporter for wbur. he's been following this case. thank you very much for being with us. >> you're welcome, rachel. >> the florida state attorney's office took a long time. months ...

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