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a lot of people in the city of washington, d.c. a lot right about that and that's true and my first thought was, because i've said it before and i will say it again, everybody doesn't agree with me, and after all it's so reasonable. then i began to have perhaps there are 301 million people. it has every race and religion. every point of view imaginable. my mother used to say that and [inaudible] but don't tell anybody she said that. but the point is it is a big country and i read this in a very interesting article that compared to a lot of other companies, we are held together so it's a nation of people that havee long disagreed and i have my own opinion. i often h write them about whati think the law ought to be and sometimes i do convince and sometimes i do not. they've agreed on a system the system is an experiment and one part of the larger experiment and one part of the problems in the country is not that the court is working perfectly, but one of the problems how do people with different points of view work together under the

court ruled in favor of a former high school football coach and joe kennedy was placed on leave by a washington school district affect 2015 what reciting a prayer at the 50-yard line after games. 6-3 decision the court ruled that his prayer was protected speech one of the free speech and free exercise clauses of the first amendment the majority he wrote that the first moment doubly protects religious speech is no accident is a natural distrust of government attempts to regulate religion and suppress. joe kennedy himself along with the president and ceo of the first liberty institute kelly shackle forwards with us. coach congratulations to you. how do you feel about it? >> i'm so trying to get accustomed to my gosh we actually won. a big sigh of relief when just immense thankfulness for the court and the lawyers in every supporter and every american who made this happen. >> hannity: you would pray after the game at the 50-yard line you did by yourself right? and that times people saw what you were doing and they decided to join them they didn't force to join them and you weren't forcing players

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investigative reporter andrew kerr of "the washington examiner" broke the story and he is here now. all right. so what's the significance for joe biden with regards to the money transfer? >> right, so joe biden transferred hunter $100,000 in december 2018 and january 2019. and during the same time frame hunter biden spent over $30,000 on escorts that are linked to russian bank accounts. that video that you just showed, joe biden wired hunter biden $5,000 about two and a half hours before that was filmed. now grassley published a report in 2020 saying that hunter biden had -- alleging that hunter biden had engaged in transactions with a suspected human trafficking or prostitution ring tied in eastern europe. it's not clear at the moment whether these payments that we're reporting on are linked to what senators grassley and johnson were talking about. but it is important to noted that we did pull text messages from a copy of hunter biden's abandoned laptop saying that hunter biden was talking to a woman linked to this escort agency saying that, hey, i can't make payments to these bank

i happen to be a graduate of roger wilson senior high school washington d.c. which they just changed the name by the way. my question is this, the events current president of the united states does not complete his term for whatever reason, what can we best especially social conservatives, whatever they would want to put on. what can we do -- but giver should be doing thickly speaking to prevent homeowners from making the next supreme court appointments? present by the stuff complete this term of office what could we do to prevent her from being elected president? expert operational oil she would be president. click to stop predicament on the court? legally making the next supreme court supreme court appointment. we did assert the samples picture collection i have now become increasingly competent were going to sing thing in the senate. we have controlled the senate was about to say in who gets converted to what position. i don't know how it president pierce were present by for that matter might react to a reality which we take the majority the second half of

tom, session comes after washington left washington for a two week recess. lawmakers on the panel said last week there would be no more hearings until july. the subject of tomorrow's session is so far unclear. also tonight, we are learning the fbi seized the phone of former trump election attorney john eastman last week. that's according to a new court filing. eastman is suing the federal government over all of this. back to the issue of abortion. the biden administration is responding to friday's roe v. wade overturn by insisting it will do everything it can to preserve access to reproductive care. one of the focal points of that effort will involve birth control medication. correspondent gillian turner has details. >> abortion pills are now widely available onbine and by mail in all 50 states. >> the share of market research women seeking abortion by pill is on the rise. fda approved hormone drug accounts for 54% of all abortions in the u.s. today. within hours of friday's supreme court ruling. the attorney general announced moves to protect access to this

the site historically there have been links to washington. lexi speaks a hyper politicization of the supreme court we are going to be doing of the ramifications of for a really longny time. is there anyone else? yes. but i have a question about your writingha process. the person is what would you say is been the most difficult idea that you have tried to break through or articulate? as in terms of making it real for people. and then what has been the most surprising thing you received in terms of feedback? generally first question asked what does the artist part of writing about? what we are talking about is getting over the stereotype that lawyers are really aggressive. lawyers are quick at all cost thinkers but lawyers involved people cannot resolve things. it's a self help book i think one of the most moving thesis i got was a radio host in california since he read the book of the show and of course if a sports team. why peoplee want to lasso it doesn't approach the world you purchased withse curiosity, power and all those things. things i

so you can focus on crisis in washington, d.c. and new york, but if you don't have public safety taken care of in all the places you will see major demand for change. the fact that the vermont police decided to endorse in this race already is a big deal. >> the san francisco da was recalled, gascon is up. philadelphia has been talked about p. how do you think about that as you think about your reaction to these stories? >> some of the governors have the power to yank das. i'd like to see that happen. you can't spin a crime football. like a losing football coach, hasn't won a game all season, and bragging about how good the punter is doing. well, yeah, because you can't get a first down. that's all you do is punt. all-pro punter. greg, i'll explain it in the break. every single issue the democrats keep trying to spin, they say it's not happening, it's not my fault, and everything is great. crime wave. they say, oh, you should have seen the '90s. much worse than the '90s. inflation? no. it's a historic biden boom. or we're not teach

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not sitting back and waiting on washington to put a policy in place the rescue you, looking at your income and saying my paycheck hits my house and what are my priorities and budgeting. >> charles: to that point, a lot has been made on these sur vies the last few weeks. one that showed millennials and older demographics making $150,000, 200,000 and a percent that said they couldn't make it paycheck to paycheck. it's like i -- one of the millennials said i can't make it paycheck to paycheck. i have $5,000 for avocado toast, $10,000 for uber eats. people have to find a way to get through this, right? >> absolutely. there's an expectation that has to lower even when you go to buy a home. the home you could buy in 2019 is not the home you could buy today. it's not exciting and fun news. that's the reality. looking at your lifestyle and lowering it so you can pay for housing, food, transportation and putting the priorities in place. your needs versus your wants. that's a conversation that everybody has to have right now. >> martha: rachel, a lot of people complain about that, all the extra mone

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plans to give the ukraine the same surface to air missile system used to protect washington d.c. i mentioned the very busy weekend unfortunately here in ukraine. after yesterday's missile strike that killed one and injured six, idaho senator jim rich met with president zelensky in kyiv. senator rich tells fox news he wanted to see how american military aid was being delivered. he learned this. >> i'm incredibly impressed with the way stuff is getting to the front lines. we here anecdotal stories about how the russians blow up the stuff when it gets here. that's not the case. this stuff is coming through and getting to where it needs to be. >> senator rich tells fox news that he's impressed with the competency and the training of ukraine troops and believe that they will take full advantage of all military aid that they get including from the united states. president zelensky telling g-7 leaders that he wants the war to end by this winter, martha as conditions to fight are set to get worse. we'll send it back to you. >> martha: thank you, nate foy in lviv, ukraine. what is going o

sometimes in washington. sometimes in a restaurant somebody might. and sometimes somebody will come up and ask the question and it's always the same question. >> do they ever ask you going to retire? >> not really. >> what is the question of chaos? >> rtu justice souter. [laughter] >> but they told me justice souter who was appointed in 1990 by george bush retiredin 2009 . do you think people are still saying that to you? really? wow. i appreciate your references to justice kennedy. i'm sorry, senator kennedy . >> you wanted an answer. the answer to that was relevant to your question. it's that senators and congress by and large ask the question that they believe they want and if in fact you don't want certain questions. if they're not tentative to what their constituents want they won'tbe senators for very long . what i say to the high schools and this is not just aquestion. i say look , the thing is you are part of a decision making process or you soon will be in this country. so what i think is the experience of the country and what i think throug

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two men from washington were arrested, 25-year-old and a 19-year-old. both were charged with possession, transportation and selling of illegal drugs. though tulare county jail records show they are no longer in custody as of this morning. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than her -- heroin, and fentanyl continues to pour into the country through the southern border and overdose deaths are record highs all over the country with more than 69,000 fentanyl o.d.s in 2021. and according to the d.e.a., last year the united states suffered more fentanyl deaths than gun deaths and auto deaths combined together. this year the state of texas alone said it has already seized enough fentanyl at the southern border to kill every single american. back to you. >> john: fentanyl is so incredibly dangerous and the nation is awash in it. >> sandra: world leaders having a laugh at vladimir putin's expense, analysts warn president biden better come away with just a few photo ops. >> john: why critics say it's only hurting the little guy. it works natura

i was working full-time at the "washington post" and she is full-time at the "new yorkos times," and we then started on our respective book journeys and we sometimes would be at the library congress doing research together but a lot of people from outside still news as competitors. and i'll never forget one day when we were, we decided to have lunch together on a break from the library of congress and our research, and we were walking out and a group of older visitors who looked like classic washington crowd the maecenas said look, there's linda greenhouse. it's a joan g biskupic and their together. and i always think, you know, yes here we are one more time together. and it's a real privilege and pleasure to start asking you about your book, which lots of people will see but i have got all marked up in the galleys to talk to you about. before we start i just thought i would ask you if you wanted to say a few words about what you're trying to do here before we got down into some of the nitty-gritty? >> thanks, joan, and i'm looking for to this because you're absolutely right, we go b

joseph kennedy is from washington state, he sought to kneel and pray on the field after games. the justices deciding 6-3 saying his prayer was protected by the first amendment. he joined fox, for his first interview since the big win. >> if you had to do this all over again, you would? >> yes, i would. i would think a couple times before i do the whole seven years and losing the first five times, but 100% worth it knowing i fought for the right thing and ended up winning and knowing justice is done and freedoms are good. >> kayleigh, justice gorsuch saying the free exercise and free speech clause of the first amendment protect expression like mr. kennedy. >> that is what the constitution said, this is the first win for this coach, congratulations to them and victory for people of faith everywhere. let me put this in context. in 1962 and 63, the supreme court evicted god from schools. from that moment on, what happened are series of defeats for people of faith. 1952 case, majority cited today, the case said we agree the state may not establish religion of secularism in the sense

c-span now: your front row seat to washington anytime anywhere . [applause] >> are all very kind. thank you and welcome to all of you in this nearly packed auditorium but also all of you enjoying online. for a gentleman who needs very little introduction and he was a great friend of the heritage foundation and no doubt in the audience a great friend of many of you individually. it still is apleasure to introduce senator mike lee and i'll introduce in this way, not just as one of the most awful members of the senate , not just as one of the patriots of our age but as someone who in spite of all the challenges facing this great republic remains steadfast and in his cheerfulness so it is a wonderful privilege to have them at the heritage foundation to introduce our friend. [applause] >> welcome. >> senator, good afternoon. >> it's great to be here, thanks for being here. going to get into this wonderful book which i told you i have since read. i did my homework. you can decide how well i did based on the question but before we get into the book is a lot going on this week . i know qu

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joseph kennedy is from washington state, he sought to kneel and pray on the field after games. the justices

later in his life he spoke frequently at washington's met to propoll tan ame -- metro propoll tan, and he met, he would meet regularly with black lawyers. there was a case that, a horrific lynching case that he intervened many pretty much single-handedly to try to make sure that city officials who had allowed this legislation to take place were prosecuted. so his efforts on behalf of african-americans went way, way beyond his relationship with robert harlaning. so clearly, he, you know, he was committed to the equality of african-americans, and he believed that this was a way of repairing the damage -- [inaudible] and he, he came to believe that inequality under the law was what caused the civil war, it's what almost destroyed the american experiment and republican government. and so he was deeply committed to enforcing equality. and i think that also informed some of his views in the economic cases. because of dred scott, i think cred scott was the moment when he believe -- dred scott was the moment when he believed the civil war was inevitable and all that he had worked for was falli

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>> that's exactly what we need in washington right now. someone who will work for people, not for a partisan agenda and do the right thing. vermonters will elect a republican like me. democrats and independents, republicans are telling me we are going to vote for you. we need to change. at the same old in washington. >> dana: are you having fun on the campaign trail? 's because i am eating so many interesting people with interesting stories. we have opportunity to make change in leadership that is desperately needed. >> dana: we met years ago through your sister. regulations on deciding to read. we will follow the race very closely. i will try to get to vermont. [indistinct] >> come here, buddy. fentanyl rescuing a 3-year-old boy from a burning trailer. two of those responders will joining us live next. ♪ ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed

not just on the court but a lot of people in the city of washington d.c. agree and even in your newspaper i know they write about that. so that is true. my first thought was as you know because i've said it before and i will say it again it is such a pity everyone does not agree with me. after all it is so reasonable. perhaps a more auteur view this is a country that has every race, every religion, every point of view imaginable. and as my mother used to say there is no view so crazy there is somebody. [inaudible] don't tony but she said that. but the point is this, it is a big country. compared to a lot of other countries it is a nation of people who have long disagreed and i have my own opinion and i often write them about what i think the law ought to be. sometimes i do and sometimes i do not. they have agreed on a system for trying to live together and work out their differences. all i am saying is that system is it experiment, it's one part of a larger experiment in one of the problems of the country hope the gentleman wrote the book. one of the probl

who is the longtime editor in chief of the washington monthly publication? mr. glastris, where did you come up with the idea of creating a an award for book reviews well my wife of 31 years kukula glass dress passed away in august of 2017. she had been for 14 years the books editor of the washington monthly review, you know editing book reviews primarily on nonfiction subjects and it was actually her former boss ralph nader who suggested when he found out she'd passed away that i create some kind of. award or fund or something for a subject she cared about and so i thought that was a great idea. i talked to my children adam and hope they thought it was something we should do and it occurred to me that there we oughta created an award for book reviewing there are very few journalism awards for book reviewing none really for nonfiction public affairs based books, which which was the coolest passion. and so it took us a little while to pull ourselves together and you know mourn her her loss but a lot of friends and family across the country pitched in to provide th

it's not okay, but you know, hey, it's washington. yeah, you speak to the hyperpillarization of the supreme court that i think we are going to be dealing with the ramifications of for a really long time. is there anyone else? yes. i have two questions about your writing process in these books. so the first one is what would you say? it's been the most difficult concept or idea you've tried to through or articulate info at least in terms of making it real for people and then what's been the most? surprising thing you've received in terms of feedback from folks as they've read the book. okay. so the first question is what does the hardest part of writing the book? i think it is what we're talking about around lawyers. is kind of getting over the stereotype that lawyers are really aggressive that lawyers are winning at all cost thinkers that lawyers get involved when people can't resolve things to to sell it as a self-help book or as one someone i think one of the most moving pieces of feedback i got was from a a radio host in california

. >> we are watching bad policiess from washington drive run away inflation across the nation, across virginians. and we are a 40-year high in inflation. what can i do as governor is get taxes down. >> brian: one thing he you did not get done is gas tax. >> i don't know why the senate democrats chose not to sign on to suspending the gas tax for three months. we have plenty of money for this. this is a chance to give a break to virginians who deserve it i think it's politics on their end as opposed to the best interest of virginians. we see the white house calling to suspend gas taxes. you see real pressure to drive investment away from fossil fuels. the reality is production comes down and we see a supply and demand imbalance that is just at the core of why we have $5 gasoline today at the pump. >> this budget includes # hundred million dollars to invest in law enforcement. this is a result of the liberal policies that went awry where we depleted the resources, police, we demean them. and we saw commonwealth attorneys not prosecute. we are working across the state in order to bring mo

it exists from the senate and and what what happens is when leadership in washington dc what i mean by leadership, that's the majority leader in the senate or the speaker in in the house. they drive all legislation now rather than having stuff being a committees actually driving it where where you have people from both sides working to craft legislation that can get passed. and so if we only think that you know, nancy pelosi is bad is if she works with 20 republicans on a piece of legislation, her far left wing is going to eviscerate her. the far right did that to john boehner in and paul ryan when they worked with democrats in order to pass legislation, so that is a trend that i think is solvable and is more likely to have better outcomes than potentially a third party. but like i said i a third party is potentially doable. it's a logistical challenge at the national level in the united states, but i would love to see some more about what the longer term impacts are. so will heard former congressman. is there a future you used to be the future of the republican party. are you still th

we have fox news coverage this morning, and more on the fallout in washington. >> carley: ashley strohmier on the violence, ashley, good morning. >> a protest gnomic protest erupted the overturning of roe v. wade and continues throughout the week end. angeles friday, protesters throwing sticks at cars and things turned violent later that night when l.a.p.d. officers apparently assaulted with a makeshift blowtorch and fireworks. two people arrested in the incident, one charged with attempted murder on a police officer and in portland a group of marchers smashed windows and grew graffiti on downtown businesses. and a pro-life center in lynchburg, virginia, with graffiti and breaking windows of the building. in arizona in a large group of protesters were tear gassed after being asked to move back and didn't move according to the police. the department of public safety the gas wishes after part of a door was broken and monuments vandalized. congressman jim jordan calling the ruling a victory, listen. >> this was a huge victory for life, but it was also a victory over the intimidation tactics o

big cities close to each other in america like new york and philadelphia for example or baltimore in washington. but nowhere, do you have three major metro areas within the same state operating under the same regime of state laws and and a policy requirements and so forth with the potential to really harness that and and and support the growth of these. metropolitan areas that are the golden goose for texas today and only will become more so in the future the cities of texas are linked to global commerce, every one of them is ranked in the top 50 exporting places oil and petroleum exports from houston technology through the port through the airport in dallas and out of san antonio relationship with mexico that is of longstanding. i mentioned earlier 25 msa's second only to california's 26 and msa is any metro area that has more than 50,000 people and there you see from dallas. worth at 7.4 million all the way to texarkana at 97,000 are 25 places that create urban texas as we know it. that's 85% of the population of texas in its urban areas. it leaves 15% rural yet just to show you the size of w

but a washington d.c. at least 16 other states there be no reduction in abortion access according to the pro- abortion research institute 11 democratic led legislatures moved to expand access in anticipation of the ruling. an invitation has been expended and transmitted our current are providers will take every >> present biden vowed to stand by the department of justice and guaranteeing a woman's right to travel for an abortion rate made a plea friday for the issue to become the cornerstone of the midterm elections. >> need to restore the protections of roe's law of the land. we need to elect officials who will do that. this fall, roe is on the ballot. >> i woke up this morning praying for this. and i never thought that it would happen progress or and lawmakers celebrate the ruling, the democrats took a tone of morning. >> today is one of the darkest days of our country has ever seen pickwick some taken to the streets to join protesters. [background noises] on friday protesters also gathered in front of t

yeah, i found instances all over the country in san francisco in kansas in washington dc. the book has cases all over the country. and kathy, so what? what we do need to do is at least get enough to know. why you finally decided you needed not only to not work for anymore but to pursue which which was a much more courageous part to pursue charges against him. well, we had one final incident there were series of incidents like the one i mentioned but they were spread out over the course of another, you know couple of years and it would go he would sometimes go months and i wouldn't really have any contact with them at all and then all of a sudden something like that would happen, but the last incident was was way more aggressive and it was more scary to the point where i felt like if i didn't get out of there i was going to be raped so i i left the courthouse that day and that's the incident that you know, the one that she talks about where i went running from the the courtroom and then i hid from him basically until i could get a ride home my car pulled with someone that s

i am back on the south carolina he still spending money in washington d.c. as a republican for both parties have a lot to do they've need to clean the high ground on spending. greg: mick mulvaney eight heavy beka political questions i need to talk to you too i do know it's a mix economics and politics. i know it usually go to bed about the seven sunday night heading to stay up late so i can bring you back and ask you about presidential politics coming up, how is that? >> i've got questions about your hair so we could do that maybe next time. that may take more than one segment. >> i would love that. thank you mick mulvaney where there have been and remain foreign policy challenges all around the globe. what have we learned over the past year? what does the future look like? former director of national intelligence john lee ratcliffe joins us next. >> like to say congratulations to you mr. gowdy on your winter anniversary of your show. i would like to say outstanding job on the individual who job on the individual who decided to give you that up to 8 weeks of

that's more than the people in nations capital the population in washington dc is about 750. yeah. we talking about more people more kids than the population of questions. this has important. will legal ramifications potentially right we can talk about i think the, you know creating the legal case that this is a genocide. i know under the rome statute. the forcible removal removal transfer of children from one group to another is itself alone. yeah enough to say that it's a genocide. right? right and the deliberate systematic prevention of natural population growth that has also been documented the other pieces in part and hold this this destruction of a group of people. so the the last two the sterilization population control and separate child separation. were some of the most important factors for the united states government secretary of pompeo initially and then secretary blinken calling other genocide and that i'd like to share a story. i i was giving a talk at ucla law school. and this right around the time that the investigative reporting that you've done on leaked document

i don't get a strong sense that republican leaders in washington get all of this, trump got it he spoke to working people. in the way that's an encouraging thing coming from the grassroots. >> absolutely am super excited to see that. i know we talk about we the people and we the people need to get the power back. i don't believe we ever lost power. i know we handed it over thank you for putting it in the hands of people we can trust but we never lost power. we now have the power but we have to make sure we pit it to a position where we are doing our research about candidates that we are making decisions that are gonna support our objective and our agendas that actually support the working class in the middle. i think this is the most important time we have right now as voters to make sure were doing what's necessary to be informed and to take the power back as the people. >> a quick thought on t this week's ruling. just to put a point on what janelle was saying i don't think it could help therats at all particularly in light of the changes that we are seeing. we will see the numbers are

one of the great things about press washington lies he decided he would not be king. he could have been. he said no. i will follow the constitution. the activist on the court who lobby the court to basically turn the supreme court into a super left-wing legislature as a backstop to congress and the president and the bureaucracy. even if the left loses elections it cannot lose the issue and that's what's going on. let's start at the beginning. teefifteen on —- roe vs wade reversed almost 200 years of jurisprudence. almost 200 years there is not one word in this constitution, not one about abortion. not a word in the federalist papers about abortion. not any word of abortion during the constitutional convention in madison notes. so that had nothing to do with the decision of roe vs wade. roe vs wade was a long op-ed a decision looking for constitutional argument. they never found it. there is none. in his decision, harry blackmun one of the dumbest members of the court in the last 100 years said prior justices have looked at the first amendment, fourth, fifth amendmen

lucas thomaston from washington. jon: out to the southern border were authorities and del rio say they are seeing a huge rise in illegal crossings. many of the migrants are what's left of a large caravan that broke up earlier this month. now another one is getting ready to head our way. griff jenkins is live on the border in eagle pass texas. >> good evening divided a administration said they have operational control over southern border but the pictures tell a different story just hours after i arrived here take a look at this video this is a large group of migrants easily more than 300 that is costing 101-degree heat today they are largely from venezuela, cuba, columbia, men and women and children and people being treated with iv bags for heat exhaustion and they are parts of the previous caravan we had this month. they told me they were in that coming from venezuela. we also had a group of 25 cross right here behind my life shot just part of the chaos here we can show you some footage as well this is video shot by

some of the cities include washington, d.c., new york and los angeles. and although l.a. has one of the highest crime rates in the country, district attorney george gascon claims he knows how to keep communities safe. in a new interview with ktla, he was asked if l.a. is safer because of his policies, and gascon responded, quote, yeah. in some areas it is. i think important to start out by saying i was a police officer for many years before i was a district attorney. i know how to keep communities safe. the reality is that crime is up around the nation. there are lots of things that are not working, i see them. i'm frustrated as much as the next person. it is a national problem, it's not just an l.a. problem. so, david, seems like he thinks he's got the solution, he says. this is the top law enforcement officer in l.a. county, district attorney, george gascon. he seems to be thinking he's doing an okay job. crime is going fine as far as he's concerned. but just a few weeks ago, remember, we had the career criminal who should have been behind bars killed two lapd officers.

also remaining kennedy versus bremerton washington school district, the high school football coach who was fired in 2015 for praying by himself while at the school and visible by some students. one parent complained because her son is atheist. g.o.p. centers and former vice president mike pence are supporting the coach. on fox news sunday, abrams is concerned about the future decisions from the court's conservative majority. >> i would reject the notion that this is the will of the people. this is a political decision, made by the narrowest of margins and done to satisfy an even narrower constituency. >> when the court does break for the summer, it will mark the end for justice steven pryor on the bench who will be retiring, who will be replaced by his former law clerk jackson, the first black woman on the court in years. >> eric: thanks, lucas. >> arthel: major rulings from the supreme court this week including the case from the former high school football coach who was fired after praying on the field. >> it is so bizarre to me, something so simple as taking the knee for, you know, 1