1 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:10,333 >> THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED 2 00:00:05,833 --> 00:00:11,966 TO HAVE A MOMENTUS TERM HEARING 3 00:00:08,533 --> 00:00:13,300 CASES ON GAY AND TRANSGENDER 4 00:00:10,333 --> 00:00:14,933 RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, ABORTION, 5 00:00:11,966 --> 00:00:16,700 GUNS AND RELIGION. 6 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:18,066 NOT ONLY THAT, THE DECISION 7 00:00:14,933 --> 00:00:19,000 SHOULD BE HANDED DOWN IN JUNE 8 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:20,700 RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THE 9 00:00:18,066 --> 00:00:22,466 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:24,700 HERE TO BREAKDOWN THE BIG CASES 11 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:27,500 ARE MICHAEL SCODRO WHO CLERKED 12 00:00:22,466 --> 00:00:29,433 FOR JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR 13 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:34,266 FROM 1998-1999. 14 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:34,633 ADAM MORTARA WHO CLERKED FOR 15 00:00:29,433 --> 00:00:36,400 JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS FROM 16 00:00:34,266 --> 00:00:40,166 2002-2003. 17 00:00:34,633 --> 00:00:43,666 AND ANDY DEVOOGHT WHO SERVED 18 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:44,033 DURING THE 2002-2003 TERM AS A 19 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:45,233 CLERK FOR CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM 20 00:00:43,666 --> 00:00:45,600 REHNQUIST. 21 00:00:44,033 --> 00:00:48,900 WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO 22 00:00:45,233 --> 00:00:49,233 TONIGHT." 23 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,166 THREE CASES DEALING WITH LGBTQ 24 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:51,000 RIGHTS. 25 00:00:49,233 --> 00:00:53,633 MICHAEL GIVE US A STATEMENT OF 26 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:55,833 THE CASES. 27 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:58,633 >> WE HAVE THREE CASES THAT IN 28 00:00:53,633 --> 00:01:00,066 COMBINATION RAISE TWO ISSUES; 29 00:00:55,833 --> 00:01:01,566 ONE IS WHETHER OR NOT THE 30 00:00:58,633 --> 00:01:04,866 FEDERAL ANTI-EMPLOYMENT 31 00:01:00,066 --> 00:01:07,233 DISCRIMINATION LAW KNOWN AS 32 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:08,166 TITLE 7 WHETHER THAT LAW ALSO 33 00:01:04,866 --> 00:01:09,933 PROTECTS EMPLOYEES BASED ON 34 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:12,866 SEXUAL ORIENTATION. 35 00:01:08,166 --> 00:01:15,600 AND THE OTHER CASE, THE THIRD 36 00:01:09,933 --> 00:01:18,833 CASE IN THE TRIO ASKS WHETHER IT 37 00:01:12,866 --> 00:01:20,800 ALSO PROTECTS EMPLOYEES BASED ON 38 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:22,600 GENDER IDENTITY. 39 00:01:18,833 --> 00:01:24,100 AND THE TITLE 7, THE KEY 40 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:26,533 LANGUAGE THAT IS AT ISSUE IN THE 41 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:29,100 STATUTE IS DISCRIMINATION 42 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:30,766 BECAUSE OF SEX AND WHAT THE 43 00:01:26,533 --> 00:01:32,833 JUSTICES ARE ASKED TO RESOLVE IS 44 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:35,133 WHETHER THAT TERM INCLUDES 45 00:01:30,766 --> 00:01:36,533 BECAUSE OF SEXUAL OTHER 46 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:38,200 YENIZATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. 47 00:01:35,133 --> 00:01:39,133 >> ADAM ONE OF THE CASES THAT 48 00:01:36,533 --> 00:01:40,266 THE APPEAL COURT LEVEL AND FOR 49 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,766 THE RECORD MY UNDERSTAND 50 00:01:39,133 --> 00:01:44,666 SOMETHING RIGHT NOW IN THE 51 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:45,900 MAJORITY OF STATES IN THE 52 00:01:41,766 --> 00:01:50,333 COUNTRY, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO 53 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:51,800 DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEONE ON 54 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:53,533 THE BASIS OF SEXUAL OTHER ORIENN 55 00:01:50,333 --> 00:01:55,800 OR GENDER IDENTITY. 56 00:01:51,800 --> 00:02:00,100 >> ON THE BASIS OF FEDERAL LAW 57 00:01:53,533 --> 00:02:01,366 THAT IS TRUE. 58 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:03,100 THE CIRCUIT COURT THAT COVERS 59 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:05,766 CONNECTICUT, VERMONT AND NEW 60 00:02:01,366 --> 00:02:06,233 YORK THOSE COURTS HELD THAT 61 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:08,333 TITLE 7 BARS SUCH 62 00:02:05,766 --> 00:02:10,200 DISCRIMINATION. 63 00:02:06,233 --> 00:02:11,766 ONE OF THE CASES IN THE SECOND 64 00:02:08,333 --> 00:02:12,766 CIRCUIT IS THE ONE THAT I ARGUED 65 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,933 BELOW THE SECOND CIRCUIT IN 66 00:02:11,766 --> 00:02:16,933 FRONT OF THE COURT NOW. 67 00:02:12,766 --> 00:02:19,800 BUT MANY, MANY STATES ALREADY 68 00:02:14,933 --> 00:02:20,633 BAN DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS 69 00:02:16,933 --> 00:02:23,133 OF SEXUAL OTHER YENIZATION OR 70 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:24,766 GENDER IDENTITY. 71 00:02:20,633 --> 00:02:25,366 IN THE SECOND CIRCUIT ALL THREE 72 00:02:23,133 --> 00:02:28,500 STATES HAD ALREADY BANNED 73 00:02:24,766 --> 00:02:28,833 DISCRIME FACE. 74 00:02:25,366 --> 00:02:29,933 THE YES IS WHAT DOES FEDERAL LAW 75 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:32,000 PROTECT. 76 00:02:28,833 --> 00:02:33,800 >> AND YOUR TAKE WAS? 77 00:02:29,933 --> 00:02:37,366 >> WHAT I WAS ASKED TO ARGUE AND 78 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:38,733 WHAT I DID ARGUE IS THE MEANING 79 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:40,033 OF THE WORD SEX IN 1964 WAS 80 00:02:37,366 --> 00:02:42,666 BIOLOGICAL SEX AND WHAT THE 81 00:02:38,733 --> 00:02:46,200 PLAINTIFFS ARE TRYING TO DO IS 82 00:02:40,033 --> 00:02:48,200 MAKE IT IF YOU SAY I WAS FIRED 83 00:02:42,666 --> 00:02:49,733 BECAUSE I AM GAY THAT THAT IS A 84 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:52,066 DEFINITIONAL PROVE OF SEX 85 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,300 DISCRIMINATION BUT IT ISN'T. 86 00:02:49,733 --> 00:02:55,466 A EMPLOYER GETS A RESUME FROM 87 00:02:52,066 --> 00:02:58,600 ARE ASHLEY. 88 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:59,733 ASHLEY HAS THINGS ON THE RESUME 89 00:02:55,466 --> 00:03:01,900 DISCLOSING THAT ASHLEY IS 90 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:04,066 HOMOSEXUAL AND THE EMPLOYER DOES 91 00:02:59,733 --> 00:03:04,333 NOT WANT TO HIRE ASHLEY. 92 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:06,366 NOBODY KNOWS WHAT ASHLEY'S SEX 93 00:03:04,066 --> 00:03:06,700 IS. 94 00:03:04,333 --> 00:03:09,833 I HAVE GUY FRIENDS CALLED 95 00:03:06,366 --> 00:03:10,866 ASHLEY. 96 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:12,433 YET IT CANNOT BE SEX 97 00:03:09,833 --> 00:03:13,500 DISCRIMINATION. 98 00:03:10,866 --> 00:03:15,866 YOU HAVE TO KNOW SOMEBODY'S SEX 99 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:19,033 TO DO IT. 100 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:21,166 >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF 101 00:03:15,866 --> 00:03:22,533 THE KOURTNEY INDICATION BASED ON 102 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:24,633 PRIORS RULINGS OR PHILOSOPHY HOW 103 00:03:21,166 --> 00:03:25,900 THE CASE MIGHT GO? 104 00:03:22,533 --> 00:03:29,633 >> WELL, I THINK THAT 105 00:03:24,633 --> 00:03:33,200 CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THIS WOULD 106 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:34,066 BE A 5-4 DECISION RULING THAT 107 00:03:29,633 --> 00:03:35,233 SEX DOES NOT REACH SEXUAL 108 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,666 ORIENTATION OR TRANSGENDER 109 00:03:34,066 --> 00:03:37,866 STATUS BUT IT WILL BE 110 00:03:35,233 --> 00:03:40,600 INTERESTING SOME OF THE 111 00:03:36,666 --> 00:03:42,866 STRONGEST ARGUMENTS FOR FOLKS 112 00:03:37,866 --> 00:03:44,900 WHO SAY IT SHOULD REACH THOSE 113 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:48,866 AREAS ARE TEXTUAL ARGUMENTS AND 114 00:03:42,866 --> 00:03:50,200 SOME OF THE JUSTICES IN THE LAST 115 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:51,733 COUPLE OF YEARS, KAVANAUGH IN 116 00:03:48,866 --> 00:03:53,833 PARTICULAR, THE PLAIN MEANING OF 117 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:56,266 THE STATUTE FOLKS THINK IT WILL 118 00:03:51,733 --> 00:03:57,600 BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE 119 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:59,466 OPINION IS CONSTRUCTED IF IT IS 120 00:03:56,266 --> 00:04:00,733 5-4. 121 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,900 >> CONVERSELY SOME OF THE 122 00:03:59,466 --> 00:04:02,900 STRONGEST ARGUMENTS ON THE OTHER 123 00:04:00,733 --> 00:04:04,333 SIDE ARE THE CONSERVATIVE 124 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:05,900 JUSTICE DON'T LIKE. 125 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:08,966 THE FACT THAT CONGRESS HAS BEEN 126 00:04:04,333 --> 00:04:11,700 PRESENTED OVER AND OVER AND OVER 127 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:13,200 AGAIN WITH AN OPTION TO EXPAND 128 00:04:08,966 --> 00:04:14,733 TITLE 7 AND DONE NOTHING IS TO A 129 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:17,800 LAYMAN POWERFUL EVIDENCE OF THE 130 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:19,800 CURRENT LAW DOES NOT COVER IT. 131 00:04:14,733 --> 00:04:20,900 BUT TO THE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES 132 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:23,466 THAT LEGISLATIVE INACTION IS NOT 133 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:25,466 POWERFUL EVIDENCE. 134 00:04:20,900 --> 00:04:27,600 >> ANDY TELL US ABOUT THE CASE 135 00:04:23,466 --> 00:04:30,166 JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES VERSUS G 136 00:04:25,466 --> 00:04:31,900 IT IS AN ABORTION RIGHTS CASE. 137 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:34,066 >> THIS IS A CASE OUT OF 138 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:39,966 LOUISIANA HAVING ACT 620. 139 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:41,300 AND THIS CASE IS A FOLLOW ON TO 140 00:04:34,066 --> 00:04:43,600 THE DECISION IN 2016 THE WHOLE 141 00:04:39,966 --> 00:04:45,600 WOMEN HEALTH CASE OUT OF TEXAS. 142 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:47,533 THAT WAS A CASE IT HAD BASICALLY 143 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:49,466 TWO SETS OF WHAT THE COURT FOUND 144 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:51,833 TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL 145 00:04:47,533 --> 00:04:56,200 RESTRICTIONS ON A WOMAN'S 146 00:04:49,466 --> 00:04:57,966 ABILITY TO RECEIVE AN ABORTION. 147 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:59,466 IT WAS ADMIT TANS PRIVILEGES OF 148 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:01,666 A DOCTORS THEY HAD TO HAVE 149 00:04:57,966 --> 00:05:02,833 PRIVILEGES IN A HOSPITAL WITHIN 150 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:06,266 AN AREA OF CLINIC AND THE SECOND 151 00:05:01,666 --> 00:05:07,266 HAD TO DO WITH THE FACILITY 152 00:05:02,833 --> 00:05:09,500 HAVING TO PROVIDE CERTAIN 153 00:05:06,266 --> 00:05:10,433 SURGICAL REQUIREMENTS. 154 00:05:07,266 --> 00:05:11,666 THIS LAW, ONLY FOCUSES ON THE 155 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:13,800 ADMITTING PRIVILEGES. 156 00:05:10,433 --> 00:05:15,466 SO IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IN 157 00:05:11,666 --> 00:05:16,900 THIS CASE, IT CAME UP THROUGH 158 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:18,100 LOUISIANA, THE DISTRICT COURT 159 00:05:15,466 --> 00:05:20,400 FOUND IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL 160 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:22,700 THINKING IT WAS APPLYING THE 161 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:25,366 SUPREME COURT'S 5-3 DECISION. 162 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:27,433 THE COURT OF APPEALS IN THE 163 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:28,500 FIFTH CIRCUIT 2-1 RULED IN FACT 164 00:05:25,366 --> 00:05:29,666 THE DISTRICT COURT AIRED AND THE 165 00:05:27,433 --> 00:05:31,500 LAW WAS CONSTITUTIONAL. 166 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:32,533 TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE 167 00:05:29,666 --> 00:05:34,800 MAKEUP OF THE COURT THIS IS ONE 168 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:36,733 EVERYONE WILL BE WATCHING 169 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:38,600 BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT WAS 5-3 WITH 170 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,800 THE TEXAS PROVISION YOU NOW HAVE 171 00:05:36,733 --> 00:05:43,400 A COURT WHERE ALL EYES WILL BE 172 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:44,866 ON ROBERTS. 173 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:48,066 HE JOINED ALITO'S DECENT 174 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:50,000 THINKING HE DID NOT THINK THERE 175 00:05:44,866 --> 00:05:52,466 WAS A LINK BETWEEN THE PRIVILEGE 176 00:05:48,066 --> 00:05:53,200 REQUIREMENTS AND THE INTERFERING 177 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,133 WITH A WOMAN'S ABILITY TO GET AN 178 00:05:52,466 --> 00:05:56,866 ABORTION. 179 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,866 CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS LIKELY 180 00:05:55,133 --> 00:06:00,733 5-4 DECISION BUT WE HAVE TO SEE 181 00:05:56,866 --> 00:06:03,466 HOW IT PLAYS OUT. 182 00:05:58,866 --> 00:06:05,666 >> MICHAEL AS ONE LOOKS AT THE 183 00:06:00,733 --> 00:06:08,200 ABORTION CASE, THE GUIDING STAR 184 00:06:03,466 --> 00:06:08,933 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT 185 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:13,866 APPEARS TO BE THE OVERTURN OF 186 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:16,000 ROE V. WADE. 187 00:06:08,933 --> 00:06:18,033 COULD THIS CASE BE A MARKER IN 188 00:06:13,866 --> 00:06:19,366 THAT POSSIBLE EVENTUALITY? 189 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,533 >> I THINK A LOT OF COURT 190 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:24,700 WATCHERS WILL LOOK FOR ANY 191 00:06:19,366 --> 00:06:25,766 INDICATION WHICH WAY THE COURT 192 00:06:20,533 --> 00:06:30,700 MAY BE HEADED WITH REGARD TO ROE 193 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:33,366 IN THE SUPREME COURT. 194 00:06:25,766 --> 00:06:33,866 I THINK THIS CASE AS IT'S BEEN 195 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:36,233 OUTLINED, THIS PRESENTS A 196 00:06:33,366 --> 00:06:38,033 NARROWER QUESTION. 197 00:06:33,866 --> 00:06:39,666 IT IS NOT ASKING THAT ISSUE BUT 198 00:06:36,233 --> 00:06:41,766 TO BE SURE PEOPLE WILL BE 199 00:06:38,033 --> 00:06:44,700 LOOKING FOR SIGNALS BOTH FROM 200 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:47,500 WHO JOINS THE OPINION AND WHAT 201 00:06:41,766 --> 00:06:49,766 THE OPINION LOOKS LIKE. 202 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:50,566 AND I AGREE THERE WILL BE A 203 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:52,033 DISSENT IT WILL BE A DIVIDED 204 00:06:49,766 --> 00:06:54,333 COURT. 205 00:06:50,566 --> 00:06:56,233 ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE ARE 206 00:06:52,033 --> 00:06:58,333 LOOKING AT, SO CHIEF JUSTICE 207 00:06:54,333 --> 00:07:00,100 ROBERTS DID JOIN WITH THE MORE 208 00:06:56,233 --> 00:07:01,700 LIBERAL JUSTICES IN STAYING THE 209 00:06:58,333 --> 00:07:04,833 EFFECT OF THE LAW EARLIER THIS 210 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:05,166 YEAR THAT IS TO GIVE THE SUPREME 211 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:06,866 COURT TIME TO ADJUDICATE THE 212 00:07:04,833 --> 00:07:07,933 APPEAL. 213 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:10,133 AND PEOPLE WILL TRY TO READ INTO 214 00:07:06,866 --> 00:07:11,833 THAT AS WELL. 215 00:07:07,933 --> 00:07:14,466 HAS THE CHIEF JUSTICE SIGNALED 216 00:07:10,133 --> 00:07:16,366 IN SOME WAY THAT HE IS WILLING 217 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:18,233 TO BE ALIGNED AND TO HOLD FAST 218 00:07:14,466 --> 00:07:19,666 TO THE DECISION FROM 2016? 219 00:07:16,366 --> 00:07:21,166 OR INSTEAD WAS THAT THE CHIEF 220 00:07:18,233 --> 00:07:24,266 JOINING TO GIVE THE COURT TIME 221 00:07:19,666 --> 00:07:26,033 TO VET THE ISSUE. 222 00:07:21,166 --> 00:07:27,533 >> HOW ABOUT THAT, DO YOU AGREE 223 00:07:24,266 --> 00:07:29,233 AT THIS POINT PEOPLE LOOK AT THE 224 00:07:26,033 --> 00:07:31,666 COURT AND SAY GIVEN THE MAKEUP 225 00:07:27,533 --> 00:07:34,733 OF THE COURT AT THIS POINT, THE 226 00:07:29,233 --> 00:07:35,533 CHIEF JUSTICE IS KIND OF IN THE 227 00:07:31,666 --> 00:07:37,766 MIDDLE TO WHAT EXTENT IS HE A 228 00:07:34,733 --> 00:07:40,133 PIVOTAL CHARACTER AS TO WHETHER 229 00:07:35,533 --> 00:07:42,566 OR NOT NOT JUST WITH ROE V. WADE 230 00:07:37,766 --> 00:07:44,100 BUT OTHER CASES HE WILL ADHERE 231 00:07:40,133 --> 00:07:44,433 TO PRECEDENT OR PURSUE CHANGE? 232 00:07:42,566 --> 00:07:47,166 >> HE VERY MUCH IS THE KEY 233 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:49,100 FIGURE. 234 00:07:44,433 --> 00:07:50,433 IN THIS ABORTION, LAY PEOPLE CAN 235 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:53,033 BE FORGIVEN THEY MIGHT THINK 236 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:54,466 THAT A THIRD OF THE CONSTITUTION 237 00:07:50,433 --> 00:07:55,666 IS DEVOTED TO ABORTION AND NONE 238 00:07:53,033 --> 00:07:55,966 OF IT IS. 239 00:07:54,466 --> 00:07:58,066 AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CASE IS 240 00:07:55,666 --> 00:07:59,600 WRONG. 241 00:07:55,966 --> 00:08:01,300 WHAT THE CIRCUIT DID WAS PUT IT 242 00:07:58,066 --> 00:08:03,666 BACK TO THE SUPREME COURT AND 243 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:05,600 SAY WITH JUSTICE KENNEDY GONE 244 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:07,633 AND THE SUPER LEGISLATURE THE 245 00:08:03,666 --> 00:08:09,633 SUPREME COURT RECONSTITUTED ARE 246 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:10,466 YOU SERIOUS ABOUT THIS? 247 00:08:07,633 --> 00:08:11,700 BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIALLY AN 248 00:08:09,633 --> 00:08:13,333 IDENTICAL CASE. 249 00:08:10,466 --> 00:08:15,200 THEY HAVE SOME REASONS FOR 250 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:17,000 DIFFERING BUT NOT MUCH. 251 00:08:13,333 --> 00:08:19,166 WHAT AND WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE 252 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,866 DID IS ADD A QUESTION AND IT 253 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,800 WAS: DO THE ABORTION PROVIDERS 254 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:23,300 EVEN HAVE STANDING TO CHALLENGE 255 00:08:20,866 --> 00:08:25,100 THESE PROVISIONS. 256 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:26,733 AND I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE 257 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:29,200 IS THE COURT PLAY THEIR GET OUT 258 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:30,566 OF JAIL FREE CARD AND SAY WE ARE 259 00:08:26,733 --> 00:08:32,066 NOT GOING TO OVERRULE BUT 260 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:34,133 ABORTION PROVIDERS CANNOT 261 00:08:30,566 --> 00:08:36,766 CHALLENGE THESE LAWS. 262 00:08:32,066 --> 00:08:38,200 >> MICHAEL LET'S TALK ABOUT GUN 263 00:08:34,133 --> 00:08:39,033 RIGHTS THE NEW YORK STATE RIFLE 264 00:08:36,766 --> 00:08:41,066 AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION VERSUS 265 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,533 NEW YORK. 266 00:08:39,033 --> 00:08:44,733 >> THIS INVOLVES WHAT HAD BEEN A 267 00:08:41,066 --> 00:08:46,766 NEW YORK ORDINANCE THAT 268 00:08:42,533 --> 00:08:48,333 PROHIBITED THOSE WHO HAVE 269 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:49,633 SO-CALLED PREMISES LICENSE, THE 270 00:08:46,766 --> 00:08:51,633 LICENSE TO HAVE A GUN FOR 271 00:08:48,333 --> 00:08:54,366 SELF-DEFENSE IN THE HOME IT 272 00:08:49,633 --> 00:08:56,166 PROHIBITED THEM FROM 273 00:08:51,633 --> 00:08:59,600 TRANSPORTING THE FIREARM 274 00:08:54,366 --> 00:09:01,400 UNLOADED OUT OF THEIR HOME AND 275 00:08:56,166 --> 00:09:03,266 OUT OF THE CITY TO THE TWO SPOTS 276 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:05,033 THE FOCUS OF THE CASE HAS BEEN 277 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,533 GUN RANGES AND SECOND HOMES. 278 00:09:03,266 --> 00:09:09,633 AND THE CHALLENGE WAS UNDER THE 279 00:09:05,033 --> 00:09:12,233 SECOND AMENDMENT WHICH THE COURT 280 00:09:06,533 --> 00:09:14,733 HAS NOT TOUCHED SINCE 2010, 281 00:09:09,633 --> 00:09:16,400 AFTER A COUPLE OF DECISIONS 08 282 00:09:12,233 --> 00:09:18,466 AND 10 WHERE THEY RECOGNIZED THE 283 00:09:14,733 --> 00:09:20,033 PERSONAL RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IN 284 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:22,500 THE HOMES AND APPLIED IT TO THE 285 00:09:18,466 --> 00:09:24,066 MUNICIPALITIES THE COURT IS 286 00:09:20,033 --> 00:09:24,866 ENTERING TO DECIDE WHAT SOMEWHAT 287 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:27,233 WHAT THE BOUNDS OF THAT RIGHT 288 00:09:24,066 --> 00:09:28,800 MAY BE. 289 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:31,900 THERE IS A HICCUP TALK ABOUT THE 290 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:32,266 POTENTIAL GET OUT OF JAIL FREE 291 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:34,566 CARD HERE IT IS A DOCTRINE OF 292 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:36,333 MUTENESS. 293 00:09:32,266 --> 00:09:38,900 NEW YORK NO LONGER HAS THAT LAW 294 00:09:34,566 --> 00:09:40,566 ON THE BOOKS AND NEW YORK STATE 295 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:42,133 ALSO PASSED A STATUTE THAT 296 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:44,566 PERMITS NEW YORKERS TO TAKE 297 00:09:40,566 --> 00:09:46,066 THEIR UNLOADED FIREARMS OUT OF 298 00:09:42,133 --> 00:09:47,700 THE CITY FOR THINGS LIKE GUN 299 00:09:44,566 --> 00:09:49,166 RANGES AND SECOND HOMES. 300 00:09:46,066 --> 00:09:50,666 SO THE CITY SAID LOOK THERE IS 301 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:53,300 NO NEED FOR THE COURT TO REACH 302 00:09:49,166 --> 00:09:55,400 THE MERITS HERE. 303 00:09:50,666 --> 00:09:57,000 THIS IS NOW MUTE AND THE COURT 304 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:58,333 TODAY ISSUED AN ORDER SAYING 305 00:09:55,400 --> 00:10:00,700 THANK YOU FOR INFORMING US WE 306 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,466 WILL TAKE UP THAT QUESTION WITH 307 00:09:58,333 --> 00:10:03,200 THE MERITS OF THIS ISSUE LATER 308 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:04,700 THIS YEAR. 309 00:10:01,466 --> 00:10:05,200 >> STAY TUNED FOR THAT ONE. 310 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,366 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 311 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:09,500 APPRECIATE IT.