deeply rooted amid american conservatism for decades, but the attempt to root it into mesh government has new energy sparked by donald trump s first presidency and now fueled by his promises for a second. they want to tear down crosses where they can. and cover them up with social justice flags. but no one will be touching the cross of christ under the trump administration. i swear to you that will never happen. never happen. what more exactly do christian conservatives want in government. we see hints at the congressional level. the separation of church and state is a misnomer. mike johnson, the speaker of the house said shortly after he was made speaker last year, people misunderstand it. it s not in the constitution, he says. we see it in legislation at the state level from laws that ban abortion based on religious opinions of when life starts, to louisiana s just passed mandate to prominently display the ten commandments it every public school classroom. rulings from
discriminatory descent, tries to everybody in a class. it could be a portion of a class and the law is very, very clear on that and that s why we ve been prevailing at the federal trial court level and court of appeals. that s the law and why we re focused on that aspect of it. the white house argues this is just temporary, the full scope will obviously seem very confident about how that will go for them. the president himself is pointing to his authority under the immigration and nationality act. how do you respond to that? well, this is temporary, that s through. of course, the trial court judge and court of appeals had to assess the likelihood we would win and found it was likely we would win and we think that s accurate. of course, the president does have broad authority to protect national security but we believe the president should be able to do that without violating the constitution or laws passed by congress and so far, the president has not managed to do that. jeff?