takes down the city flag and puts up flags of 50 or 60 different groups that want to celebrate diversity in boston, but the city had a policy that said you couldn t put up any flag that was religious because boston thought that would violate the constitution s establishment clause. it could be a government endorsement of religion. the supreme court has to decide is the flag pole in front of city hall government speech or is it open to all comers. that s question one. the city is probably going to be able to say it can set up that program if it wants but the city didn t do it right in the first place. the broader question is this muddled question of exactly when does a government endorse religion. the supreme court has said you can t put these ten commandments up inside the courthouse but you can put the ten commandments up in a city owned park if it has
specifically against muslim. s what happens if iranian national goes to switzerland and comes to america? not protected against that. why misquoting me? i heard you say it 20 minutes ago. you re lying through your teeth. never said a word about israel. when you focus on making but it s your bias. i think it s what you believe. raises your questions about bias. get to the point. keep your mouth shut. john let him finish. don t confuse constitutionality with bad policy. i don t like this policy. i don t like this order. but i am constitutional analyst. and i know the establishment clause cases and cases that relate to national origin. i m telling you that i believe this presents a very tough case for the supreme court. because it s the first case in which the supreme court has been
have you with us. big showdown at the supreme court today in just a few minutes. arguments begin over the president s travel ban. crowds and protests outside the court. our jessica schneider is there. what are you seeing? reporter: long lines of people waiting to get into this historic argument as well as protesters here. the interest in this argument is so high that people, members of the public, they ve been lined up out here since sunday hoping to get into the court for these arguments that will begin in an hour. the president s signature immigration plan will finally have its day in the nation s highest court. all nine justices will be hearing arguments over whether or not this third version of the travel ban, whether or not it violates federal immigration law, whether or not it violates the constitution s establishment clause. these arguments have been a long time in the making here. we re on the third version of this travel ban. the first version of course went into effect ab