in for harris today on the faulkner focus. john roberts writing in the majority opinion, this court has never drawn the line the secretary suggests and for good reason. among congress s most important authorities is its control of the purse. justice kagan with dissent writing the majority overrides the combined judgment of the legislative and executive branches with the consequence of eliminating loan forgiveness for 43 million americans. i respectfully dissent from that decision. white house says we ll hear from the president directly on this ruling later today. in the meantime let s bring in shannon bream, fox news chief legal correspondent. a lot of political back and forthing now in washington responding to this decision but at the end of the day as you pointed out last hour, the court was not ruling on whether this was a good policy or fair policy. the court was ruling on whether the president had the constitutional authority to issue this directive in the first place.
loans. you have to go there first. gillian: while i have you, i want to make sure we talk about the other major ruling today from the court. the 6-3 decision alodge ideological lines siding with lorie smith and her free speech there. it is her first amendment right to refuse designing same sex wedding websites which she says is against her religious beliefs. leo terrell weighed in on that this morning and let s play that. it s a fantastic ruling. i think people will try to misconstrue it because they will now accuse companies having the right to discriminate. that s not the case. this is not an accommodation issue, it s free speech first amendment. gillian: this from justice gorsuch s opinion. tolerance, not coercion, is our nation s answer. the first amendment envisions the u.s. as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands.
some of this mess that was created by the president. but he will have to negotiate. that s the way it works in our system. otherwise you become a government onto yourself. all the legal experts and members of congress applauded the president for circumventing congress. there is a high cost to that. it is not money for loan forgiveness. it is taking a system off line that allows a president to become a government onto himself. gillian: look at this now from former vice president and current presidential candidate mike pence. he says i m pleased the court struck down the radical left s effort to use the money of taxpayers who played by the rules to cancel the debt of bankers and lawyers in new york, san francisco, and washington, d.c. is that a fair appraisal of what happened today?
the truth. gillian: mike meredith is getting all the intel for us this morning. good morning. we re awaiting the official reaction from the white house to today s supreme court decision. we are hearing plenty from house and senate republicans outraged with the justice department and the u.s. attorney in delaware raising questions how the investigation into hunter biden went. hunter biden recently reached a deal to allow him to pay back taxes without having to spend time in jail. two investigators would worked on the case say they were limited into what they could look into and shocked at how the case played out. republicans urged the attorney general to provide them with more detail and seeking testimony from 11 federal employees who may be able to shed light on what happened behind the scenes. three top house republicans telling fox the federal government is supposed to work for the american people. whistleblower evidence shows several federal employees were working overtime to co
want you to hear the media this week taking swipes at the credibility of the i.r.s. whistleblowers who spoke out against the investigation into hunter biden. i m a whistleblower lawyer. this guy is not one. this guy is a complainer with a political axe to grind. gillian: new york times put quotes around the word whistleblower even though we now know that gary shapley, at least, followed all the protocols necessary to become a government designated whistleblower. twitter user fired back one called them scarecrows. president biden sat down for a rare tv interview days after his son s criminal plea but wasn t asked one question about it. listen. the president of the united states is here at the table. 46th president of the united states, joe biden, thank you for being here. president biden: thank you for having me. this is very exciting for us.