Embarked on an exciting educational experiment, we have convened americas leading scholars who have filed griefs on both sides of the case that you just heard as well as a scale that filed a brief on either party to help us understand the oral arguments that we just heard, Justice Holmes once said of the constitution it is an experiment as all of life is an experiment. Youre about to join as an educational experiment, the arguments that you just heard our technical, the kind that law professors and journalists and citizens often dont listen too closely, we just have the privilege of hearing them live so our job in the next hour is to unpack them and understand as thoughtfully and as nonpartisan as possible with the competing arguments are so that ultimately view the people of the United States and cspan watchers and friends can evaluate the arguments themselves. I want to do homework after the show and read the briefs in the case and the best way to understand what we heard was to go t
This morning. There is so much to learn and unpack we are fortunate to be joined by leading scholars and advocates of both sides to help us understand the arguments that we just heard. We will begin with Little Sisters of the poor case the first one argued and it is with great pleasure i introduce our two panelists professor of law at the Scalia School at george mason teaching family law and religion and property law and has written many books including putting childrens interest first and the conscience of theic institution and she filed a brief in support ofli Little Sisters with the petitioners on behalf of women scholars and louises deputy legal director at the aclu and the center for liberty that encompasses the work on womens rights was sexual and transgender rights and freedom of religion disability rights and has been with the aclu since 1982 as written many articles including religious refusal ofos accommodations and she filed a brief in support of the state of pennsylvania on
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