she says that the message of a same-sex couple wedding conflicts with her christian values that she believes marriage should be between one man and one woman. now, this whole case comes against the backdrop of colorado s public accommodations law that says that businesses that are open to the public cannot discriminate based on race, sex, and sexual orientation. so, this woman, lorie smith, brought a case trying to ensure that she would not be fall victim to the law if she essentially hung out a sign saying, same-sex couples need not apply. and the justices by that 6-3 division that you talked about right at the top of your opening, john, bore out in the courtroom as justice gorsuch really stressed that this was about not discrimination but about free speech. he likened the kind of action
like to use right now to wipe. just so sad. if you had invested, say, $10,000, 20 years ago, do you know how much that would be worth today? $6.7 million. really? yes. yes! this is so upsetting. you know, i my father asked me when i was young what stock did i want to invest in the late 90s and i said microsoft. i was so close. i was so close. i should have said apple. even just a few dollars worth. oh, my god, something like 67,000%. i mean, it s just unbelievable how much it s changed and how lucky those people were who invested in it. i feel mostly disappointment and failure in this case. look, how many people have apple devices, asks the guy with two phones in his hands right now. i think this is a big reason why apple stock has gone so high. it s the creation of the iphone.
the secretary of education took this law much further than it was allowed to. he even used the phrase, slight of hand, as he denigrated the biden administration s legal arguments. and he essentially said that it s not a matter of it s not a question of whether something should be done. it s a question of who has the authority to do it. now, this was another one that drew a sharp rebuke right there in the courtroom. this time from justice elena kagan who said, you know, this is part of the conservative majority s effort to crack down on agency activities, protections for the environment, protections for public health and welfare, and in this case, to give some relief in another national emergency, the wake of covid, to some 40 million borrowers. and she said, you know what the real take away here is? she didn t mince any words t. real take away here is that there s one group that wants to be the decision maker on policy.
drew a sharp rebuke right there in the courtroom. this time from justice elena kagan who said, you know, this is part of the conservative majority s effort to crack down on agency activities, protections for the environment, protections for public health and welfare, and in this case, to give some relief in another national emergency, the wake of covid, to some 40 million borrowers. and she said, you know what the real take away here is? she didn t mince any words. the real take away here is that there s one group that wants to be the decision maker on policy. and that is this conservative supermajority. thank you for sharing the details with us. it is a big night for legal analysts, elie honig, van jones, and allen kinzinger. i want to start with the newest news. the supreme court strikes down president biden s student loan forgiveness program. so, this afternoon he comes out
until this year because last year they didn t have, quote, public sessions. the building wasn t open. so, they abandoned the idea last year of announcing opinions, which incidentally insured that the dissenters who very much in the dobbs abortion case wanted to dissent orally, could not do that. so, this is you know, so this is, i think, much more a message that his words are a message to the public. listen, it s not we re not really at each others throats. is he wish casting in this case? are they at each others throats? i don t think they re at each others throats. and i do think the strong words in these opinions are not atypical. but what i do think is that the court is not a bunch of happy campers, that the conservative majority is within its own ranks divided with a lot of people vying for the position of somehow the ideological leader. and they all think that