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
he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
now. good morning, i am lindsey reiser. we are going to begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. two huge decisions on the final day of its term. moments ago the justices striking down president biden s plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt. the high court says it needed to be approved by congress and they also ruled that colorado website designer can refuse to create a website for a samecouples saying that the first amendment allows her to refuse to invoice it endorsed messages. colorado seeks to force an individual that. with us now to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent outside of the court. catherine christian. now an msnbc legal analyst. first, to you here. two huge cases. what did the supreme court have to stay on both of those? well, on that case regarding lgbtq rights. that was the case where now, the opinion, they said that the web design was within her rights and that colorado, which regarded this as an an
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