Good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. I am the Vice President for legal affairs. Thethe Founding Member of Constitution Center founder of the Founding Member of the center for constitutional studies. Your host for this afternoons debate. I want to welcome also the people who are joining us through cspan and through catos live streaming. Were here to consider whether religious liberty can coexist alongside modern antidiscrimination law. Thats the question the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on tomorrow when it hears the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado civil rights commission. The case arose when Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple who walked into the Masterpiece Cakeshop in lakewood, colorado, owned and operated by Jack Phillips, a devout christian. As with all of his customers, phillip said no problem with phillips had no problem with selling the couple anything off the shelf, but he declined to make a custom made cake to celebrate the couples wedding
As with all of his customers, phillip said no problem with selling the couple anything off the shelf, but he declined to make a custom made cake to celebrate the couples wedding. Citing his religious convictions. He was willing to direct them to nearby bakeries and would design a cake as he had done with others. Unsatisfied, craig and mullins filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission alleged that phillips had violated the colorado antidiscrimination act. Finding in their favor, the commission ordered phillips, among other things torques things to conduct comprehensive test training including Family Members who worked at the bakery. After supporters of craig and mullins picketed the bakery, phillips lost 40 of his business and most of his employees. He appealed the commissions decision, like courts around the country that have decided similar cases, with respect to florists, bakers, photographers, and others, colorados court of appeals upheld the commission and the Col
Mass transit cool to warm and light breezes if youre on the bay. Lets find out more about that commute. Heres sue. Were looking pretty good at this hour. We had some filming on the bay bridge. That is really light at this time as far as trafficwise. But its kind of exciting. Theyre filming a movie. Doing some round robin stoppages after the toll plaza. Maybe making you wait about a minute or so and letting you go after theyre done filming and coming back around eastbound and doing it all over again. We dont know what time it wraps up, but i imagine it will be shortly as the commute gets under way. A little bit of slowing for the right and left cash paying lanes. Otherwise, traffic is moving well in the area. Good morning everyone. This is just into our live desk. Iraqi government officials now confirming the drawdown of u. S. Forces from iraq. Its all according to the associated press. Iraqi officials reportedly say american troops will start to leave the country after the defeat of th
Entire span is bumper to bumper over to east palo alto. You may want to consider the san mateo bridge as we saw it was definitely busier. Westbound 580 near north greenville. Motorcycle down. Theyre trying to clear that. The rider was trying to move to the Center Divide making it slow. An already slow commute across the altamont pass. An hour and almost five minutes from tracy to dublin. This morning as the eagles celebrate their first ever super bowl championship. Philly upset the new England Patriots 4133. Oh, yeah. One of the players became an instant legend last night. Zach ertz. He has deep ties in the bay area. Amy hollyfield is live in danville with more. Hey, amy. Reporter hi natasha. Its going to be a fun day of pride at the high school here and in all of danville really. Look at the support for zach ertz even in the downtown candy store. The owners remember him from Elementary School even. His favorite candy is sour patch watermelon. He played for stanford and the high school
As we head towards noon, 66 to 69. The coast will be cooler. 61. While the rest in the low to mid70s. 55 to 61 at 7 00. That rounds out your okay weather 12hour planner. Well have the forecast coming up. Heres sue. We have no delays except for maybe just minor to pay cash coming through the toll plaza. Those right and left hand cash paying lanes are starting to stack up. No metering lights yet. If you have a fastrak, youre jooming through. Southbound past 24, youre getting a little busy with brake lights at the interchange of highway 24. Once youre on to 24 west about an eightminute drive into and through the caldecott tunnel. Lets take a look at the drive times. 48 minutes tracy into dublin westbound 580. Looking good on westbound 4. At the live desk, just getting crazy video out of philly following the eagles super bowl win. Look at this. The Mayors Office says there were three people arrested. Several others also injured. As you can imagine, thousands took to the streets overnight.