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the supreme court heard the oral arguments in masterpiece cake shop, the civil rights commission tuesday. jack phillips s lawyers and respondents, along with their lawyers made their remarks outside the supreme court following the orbital oral arguments. i michael ferris. thediscussion was lively, session was longer than the scheduled hour because there was such interest on all sides of the case. this is the first time in american history where there is serious consideration of compelling people to deliver a message that is contrary to their beliefs. freedom of speech means the ability to refuse to speak a message you do not agree with and the freedom includes a context where other people might be offended. we recognize, on each side of this question, people will be offended. if that was enough to curtail someone s religious freedom are really freedom of speech, this would no longer be the same country founded over 200 years ago. because the essence of america has b ....
whate of the big issues is would mandatory e-verify due to the agricultural industry, where even the industry acknowledges that over half of their workforce is undocumented. that does not mean a necessary know it, but it is true. what would that do to the industry? would it shut it down? there is this issue circulating around that. the long and short is we support mandatory procedures with certain conditions. theave negotiated with conservative house republicans on this issue. i still have my job. it is a new mandate on our members. i wanted to ask you a completely different question. just before the senate votes for , the senate majority leader gave a press conference. he mentioned the trust issue, that the president had poisoned the well. address if you might looking ahead to after 2016. how might a new president proceed on this issue? you have two fronts to concern yourself with, one is trust. the other is policy. how do you feel that might work with a new preside ....
[laughter] thank you. thank you. mr. pataki: how are you? nice to meet you. [indiscernible] mr. pataki: hi. nice to meet you. good to see you. [indiscernible] mr. pataki: so we are off [indiscernible] yes, that would be great. thank you all very, very much. [indiscernible] hello, everybody. this is governor pataki from new york. [indiscernible] pataki: oh, yeah. proud to meet you. thank you for coming to iowa. welcome to iowa. mr. pataki: thank you. there he is. mr. pataki: nice to see you. thank you. governor george pataki. there he is. governor, what do you think of our state fair? oh, it s fantastic. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. i appreciate it. i have always had a soft spot for ag. you mentioned you had some history with our governor. he was governor when i first got elected. he mentored all of us, including me. now i have been out of office for a while, and he is still going. still doing great for the people of iowa. i m ju ....
announcer: this week on q&a, institute for policy studies fellow phyllis bennis discusses her book, understanding isis and the new global war on terror. ms. bennis also talks about u.s. foreign policy since 9-11 and the obama administration s recent negotiations with iran. brian: phyllis bennis, how would you describe what you do for a living? phyllis: ooh. it is one of those great privileges. i get to work my passion, which is working as a public scholar. for me, it means working against wars and occupation and bad foreign policy, mostly by our own government. what does it mean day-to-day? i write stuff, i speak, i talk to people. i work in social movements. brian: who pays you? phyllis: i work for the institute of policy studies. it is the longest lasting multi-progressive think tank in the country. it s been around since the early 60 s. we raise money partly from foundations and partly from individuals. we do not take any government or corporate money. brian: w ....
it s just you. kip? i hope you don t mind. i got into your tools. how was work? you know. okay. what, no music? i didn t think you did anything without your music. i like the quiet. it s good for thinking. sit down, mon. dad. i ve been working on this thing for a while. helps me relax, gets me away from the job. look, it s not that i m against what you re doing with your life. it s just that it s. it s so out of the mainstream. i mean, couldn t you have started out with christian science? at least mararbaker eddy spoke english. i m sorry. i guess that really wasn t fair. well, is it a rage at school or something? i m not capable of doing something on my own? that s not it. you ve never been a follower. now, all of a sudden you re interested in my life, dad? i m sorry. look, dad. i m a long way from being a true rasta. but what i a areally works for me. you don t have to worry about me running off to g g live in the hills of jamaica. my grades are okay. i m fine. i rea ....