does this mean the stay is in effect in part? seems partial. can you tell us anything concrete? absolutely. first, there are three justices, the most conservative, gorsuch, alito, thomas who would have let the entire travel ban go into place. but they didn t carry the day. right now, looks like the court said that the ban can go into effect against foreign nationals who have no relationship to the united states. no family members, no attempts to attend college here, school here. people have no connection to the united states and live in another country. other than want to travel here. exactly. the court says that s where the administration security concerns are at their highest. for the vast majority of people who do have a relative here who are seeking entry here as refugees because they have family here or students who want to come to the united states for
missouri that reused scrap tires to redo surfaces of playgrounds. any other playground could get that money, the church was told they couldn t because they were a church. the court saying no, that was wrong, there is a strict line between church and state. you can t, for example, take government money and give it to church choir, but here basically missouri had overdid it. the idea that they can t get a public benefit, in this case something for kids to play, merely because they happen to be a church, when the underlying activity, a playground is not exclusively religious, that was going too far. i note you think about the debates in public life, how divisive they can be, this is not a narrow decision, doesn t break by party that appointed the various justices. it is 7-2, justice roberts writing the opinion. we have breaking news coming into me. i don t know if you had a chance to look at your e-mail.
order which was then an amended second order. you can learn on the job and the presidency like any other job if ultimately you get it right. the supreme court cares where it ends, not where it began. if you show it improved or narrowed power. those are big questions going into october. then, hallie, you and i covered these cases before, like obamacare, there s a legal side and big political side. ari, i want to go to bill kristol, joining us from aspen, founder, editor of the weekly standard. bill, you have been listening to the conversation surrounding the supreme court decision. i want your overall take away on this. i m not sure, i think you have a center right court which is doing what it s supposed to do, curb lower courts when they re enthusiastic. checking executive branch, when it goes too far, conservatives for whom court appointed justices is so important. religious freedom is an important issue. same-sex marriage is law of the
white house. kristen, what have you got? here is what we have. we know press secretary sean spicer is going to brief today at 1:30. this is going to be one of those off camera briefings. undoubtedly, though, this is going to dominate that briefing. then the president is going to hold a joint statement with the prime minister of india. that s going to take place later today, 5:00 p.m. the white house saying there won t be any questions. however, you can bet we ll be shouting questions to president trump. he may just bite, hallie, because as we ve been talking about, the white house will likely say this is a partial victory, because part of the travel ban is now allowed to move forward. having said that, this is a fight that they have had really since the first days, since the president took office this travel ban has been held up in courts, the first version of it and then the second version of it, with justices and lawyers going back to that key question, is this, in fact, a ban on m
basically a baker, can refuse to provide service in this case bakery services to a same sex couple there for their wedding, it was religious liberty versus human rights case, one they weren t eager to take, now they re going to hear that. that s going to be like hobby lobby as political folks remember, a big issue. ari quickly, pull back the curtain what will happen in the next 40 minutes. pete williams is in the court. we don t have cameras there, we re getting reporting out of that. people run from the court to cameras as soon as decisions come down. that s right. the supreme court, there s been debate this week and last week about the white house camera access, an issue you know well. the supreme court keeps it old school. we can t see in there, you can only see outside. you look at the live shot. what happens inside the court is when they re issuing decisions and this is the last decision day of the term, the justices stand up there sometimes and read various parts of the