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Lesbian commitment ceremony. the justices have wiped out the lower court rulings against t bakers. they are sending it back for another round of hearings. one of several big decisions we are waiting for this term. melissa murray, nyu law professor who served as law clerk to justice sotomayor. pete williams is in the court now. i know the second any more news comes out, we will have him in front of a camera. this brings back memories for folks involving a baker in colorado who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. what does this mean? >> i'm not sure that i would call it a victory for ...

At the poor people's moral action congress presidential forum. more coverage on velshi & ruhle next hour. final weeks of the term. justice correspondent pete williams joins us with details on noteworthy cases. pete, take us through these two critical rulings, the first regarding that oregon baker. >> yeah. this is a bit of a surprise. a bakery in oregon that refused to make a cake for a lesbian commitment ceremony. owners of the bakery said that would violate their religious beliefs, that their cakes are inherently expressive. that it would violate their freedom of expression. they lost when...

Wedding cake. it's interesting masterpiece cake shop, his bakery also at one point refused a cupcake order from lesbians when they found out they were going to use it to celebrate their commitment ceremony. this is an instance where the user base collapsed into each other. not a specific design like a halloween cake that he's unwilling to sell. he's unwilling to sell to same-sex couples at all. >> what if they came in and said we want a cake with two grooms on top of it. he said, i will sell you the cake but not the two grooms on top of it. would that be a stronger case? >> that would be a muc...

They found it they were going to use it to celebrate their commitment ceremony. this is one where the use-based distinction and the user-based distinction collapse into each other. it's not a specific design that he's unwilling to sell. he's unwilling it to same-sex couples at all. >> what if they come in and they said, we want a wedding cake with two grooms on the top of it and he said i'll sell you the cake, but i'm not putting the two grooms on top. would that have been a stronger case? >> i think that would have been a much stronger case, but that's not the case that the supreme court has ...

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