at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn t the baker. that case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. back then the court narrowly decided for the baker but didn t determine whether a business owner s speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. she said she didn t want to create any same-sex wedding message at odds with her religious beliefs. she said she had never received a request to design a same-sex couple site, nor had she turned anyone down. smith won. a majority of the court saw colorado s public accommodation laws an unconstitutional attempt by the state to compel her speech. the minority cast the outcome as the first time the court permitted a commercial business to refuse service to a protected class. justice neil gorsuch
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. the supreme court comprised by appoint east of former president donald trump ended a most consequential term. scotus on voting rights, affirmative action, student loans and adoption. this on top of last year s rulings concerns abortion, guns, religion and climate change. yesterday, the court released a much anticipated opinion concerning speech and gay rights. at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn t the baker. this case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. then the court decided for the baker, but didn t determine whether a business owner s speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. she said she didn t want to create any same-sex wedding message at odds with her religious beliefs. she neve
american people. x news pola l shows that the president is facing serious competition from democratsfrom. he only captures 62% of the vote against challengers. robert kennedy jr. and marianne williamson. and worse, 60 seven percent of americans view a biden victory in 2020 four as they , quote , a deserve or setback for america. the media pointing out thatface president biden does face an uphill battle,ll a horrible newe horrible for joe biden. whrrible for joe biden. the president leads his democratic competitors by a huge margin, two thirds of all of the american peopleed surveyed. 66% of the publi, c say that a biden victory would either be a setback or a disaster for the united states . it isastes not an outlier. right. so our cnn poll had kennedy at 20%. we ve had two fox polls out 1 in the last month. one had hi.m at 16%. put the other one had him at 19%.r o kennedy is putting up a far more impressive showing than i would have thought when he first entered the race.
american people. a new fox news poll shows that the president is basing serious competition from democrats. he only captured 62% of the vote against challengers robert f. kennedy jr. and maryanne williamson, and worse, 67% of americans view a biden victory in 2024 as a disaster or setback for america, the media pointing out that biden does face an uphill battle. horrible news, horrible news for joe biden and the cnn poll. while he leads his competitors by a huge margin, 2/3 of all of the american people surveyed, 66% of the public say a biden victory would either be a setback or a disaster for the united states. our cnn poll had kennedy at 20%. we ve had two fox polls out in the last month. one had him at 16%. the other one had him at 19%. kennedy is putting up a far more impressive showing than i would have thought when he first entered the race. with numbers that bad critics say the president isn t doing himself any favors by avoiding the media. it s more than a mon