The Supreme Court on Monday permitted a scaled-back version of President Trump’s ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect. The court also agreed to hear an appeal from a Colorado baker with religious objections to same-sex marriage who had lost a discrimination case for refusing to create a cake for a same-sex couple.
Walter Olson a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies joined Dan and Amy with reaction to both decisions:
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Kerri Kupec a Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom talked about the decision to take up the Masterpiece Cakeshop case:
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Randy Barnett a Georgetown Law Professor and author of “Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People” joined Dan and Amy with reaction to both decisions:
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Former ABC 7 Political Reporter Charles Thomas joined Dan and Amy to talk about his new project The Chicago Drum that aims to change the way minorities think about politics:
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The Senate Republican health care bill teetered on the edge of collapse Monday evening after the Congressional Budget Office released a report on its impact and multiple Republicans announced they would not vote to advance the legislation.
The White House said late Monday that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria appeared to be preparing another chemical weapons attack, and warned that he would “pay a heavy price” if one took place.
In January 2016, Seattle’s minimum wage jumped from $11 an hour to $13 for large employers, the second big increase in less than a year. New research released Monday by a team of economists at the University of Washington suggests the wage hike may have come at a significant cost.
The state of California recently banned travel using taxpayer money to eight states — Alabama, Texas, South Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas — because the state of California believes each state has passed laws that discriminate against LGBTQ people.