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The people who want -- who said he's guilty of discrimination, phillips? that this is like a case in the south for example during jim crow when racists denied the ability of african-americans to sit in a diner or ride a bus? >> this has nothing to do with discrimination based on sexual orientation, the cake baker had offered to sell the couple any baked goods off the shelf, just not to custom make a wedding cake, to participate in the wedding ceremony of the same sex couple. what's interesting is actually -- this was actually in 2012 before same sex marriage was legal in colorado. this was for...

Refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couples saying it violated his religious rights and free speech. they claim it amounts to discrimination. the hearing generated so much attention that spectators have been lining up sense friday, eager to claim a rare seat in the u.s. supreme court. we have been following this very closely and joining me now, you have a lot of company out there outside of the u.s. supreme court. how did this case end up in front of the nation's highest court? >> reporter: fred, as you said, the arguments are not until tuesday, but a line has been gathering here since last ...

Drawing after, already, cottage industry for lawyers in washington and elsewhere. this would be election lawyer full empeople act. we would never see the end of it. we would have judges drawing districts all over the place if they uphold the challenge. >> you follow that i'm sure. how do you read where that comes out? looks like justice anthony kennedy, once again the swing vote? >> not surprisingly, like the last couple times court taken up the issue, all on whether justice kennedy feels now is the time to constitutionalize some sort of a standard for evaluating when politicians use too much ...

Drawing after, already, cottage industry for lawyers in washington and elsewhere. this would be election lawyer full empeople act. we would never see the end of it. we would have judges drawing districts all over the place if they uphold the challenge. >> you follow that i'm sure. how do you read where that comes out? looks like justice anthony kennedy, once again the swing vote? >> not surprisingly, like the last couple times court taken up the issue, all on whether justice kennedy feels now is the time to constitutionalize some sort of a standard for evaluating when politicians use too much ...

I will say i don't think these are the biggest religious liberty cases because it's about funding or the previous cases, the supreme court that was 9-0 about running their own business. where it's really going to clash are the cases that they are going to take like the cake baker cases from colorado. paul: whether or not they can exercise conscience in relation to gay marriage. >> lesbian rights. that's where the real nasty clashes are going. paul: 7-2 elena kagan joined the majority. >> and stephen breyer. >> societ society thaso hethat>> gorsuch didn't jy deciding the limited circumstances o...