we are talking in this first hour about the case yesterday, kennedy v bremerton school district. here is how robert barnes put it yesterday after the justices handed down their decision. the supreme court ruled monday a school board in washington state -- justice neil gorsuch wrote the majority opinion saying that the haskell assistant coach's prayers are protected by the constitution's given to free speech and religious exercise. he said the school board discipline of kennedy was unwarranted, even under the concern of violating the separation of church and state. in that majority opinion, here are some of justice neil gorsuch's words from the case. respect for religious expression, he said, is indispensable. the life in a free and diverse republic where those exceptions take place weather in a cemetery or on a field and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a head. to punish an individual for engaging in a brief, private religious experience doubly protected by the free exercise and free exercise and free-speech causes of the first amendment. the government offered fo

at the country southern border is also west virginia dep h challenging the clean air act, kennedy bremertonool district outside of seattle this is a high school football coach was fired for praying by himself at school invisible by students. one parent complained because her son is an atheist. the coach spoke on "fox & friends" today. >> it is so bizarre to me something so simple as taking a knee for 15 seconds and banks after football game with this much noise and all the way to the supreme court. it seems weird to me. >> the supreme court term ends in the mark for stephen breyer who is retiring and will be replaced as former law clerk ketanji brown jackson will be the first with a two year history. >> a big week ahead. lucas thomaston from washington. jon: out to the southern border were authorities and del rio say they are seeing a huge rise in illegal crossings. many of the migrants are what's left of a large caravan that broke up earlier this month. now another one is getting ready to head our way. griff jenkins is live on the border in eagle pass texas. >> good evening divided a admin

how might the court decide on the kennedy versus bremerton school district case?t might the outcome have? >> great question, arthel. always wonderful to be on with you. certainly there will be some traditional activism. we saw it in the dobbs case. that's one of the reason why justice roberts did a concurring opinion talking about activism. it might be going far beyond just this particular case. that's what happened in the dobbs matter which overturned roe versus wade last week. it boils down this, the school district came forward and argued that there are students feeling pressured to participate. when you balance that against the 1st amendment right for the teacher, the coach to then pray, not during a game, after the game, by himself, the school district was adamant that there was still this ongoing pressure that students felt. with this undercurrent of judicial activism that we will see, it might be likely that the 1st amendment is going to trump the rights of the students. there's going to be an issue regarding the fact that kennedy, coach kennedy was very cl

kennedy had a right to pray on the field immediately after the games, kennedy had claimed that the bremertondistrict violated his religious freedom by telling him that he could not make such public displays of prayer. the district argued it was trying to avoid the perception that the school was endorsing a religious point of view. justice neil gorsuch wrote the majority opinion saying the first amendment protects such expressions. >> take a look at the weather. one more time. this time. the mountain wildfires camera. and that is just a gorgeous shot of the city. you know, for the last 5 years or so, pride has been really hot, wearing shorts, a t-shirt. you're fine. but we're noticeably cooler now. and yeah, forget. >> recent how about that? yeah, we've had just about enough of that. yeah. we had some of those heat waves. get us going early on hot weather season, but it looks like temperatures going to be cooling down. in fact, probably had a below average. i think as we round out this week as we head in toward the 4th of july holiday out there right now, mostly clear skies out of the golden

kennedy versus bremerton, washington school districts. this is the high school football coach who was fired in 2015 for praying by himself well at the school and was visible by students. one parent complained because her son is an atheist gop senators and former vice president mike pence or supporting the coach on fox news sunday. stacey abrams weighed in on the court overturning roe v. wade. i would reject the notion that this is the will of the people. this is a political decision made by the narrowest of margins and done to satisfy and even narrower constituency. when the court does break for the summer will mark the end for justice stephen breyer, who is retiring, he will be replaced by his former law clerk, tangie brown jackson, the first black woman on the court. 233 years in washington. lucas tomlinson fox news president biden is in germany attending the group of seven summit. president biden says russia is hoping the western nations will start to go their separate ways as the war in ukraine heads into its fifth month. but the pres

school football coach has the right to >> it was a victory for joseph kennedy who claimed that the bremertondistrict violated his religious freedom but telling him he couldn't pray so publicly after the games is a landmark religious liberty victory for teachers and coaches across the country. first liberty attorney stephanie tell believe's this will protect all religious americans. they do have a right to religious expression. they do have a right to their religious identity and they can be treated as second class citizens just because of that. >> but americans, united ceo rachel laster says this ruling goes too far right now. church state separation is in serious jeopardy. lessors worried about the impact this will have on students of different fates. shocking thing. >> to happen and to have come from one of the 3 branches of the american government. that is founded upon this principle. >> and the court ultimately ruled that the coaches prayer is not considered government speech, even though he was a government employee at the time reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. all ri

. >> reporter: in 2015, the bremerton, washington, school district at first tried to get coach kennedy to pray privately after he was off-duty, but when he continued to lead prayers after games, the district suspended him. in a letter, the district told kennedy he must maintain separation of church and state, writing -- "staff may not indirectly encourage students to engage in religious activity" but "must remain neutral." among the district's concerns, the pressure put on students who do not wish to pray, but fear they would lose playing time and their standing on the team if they didn't. kennedy says the prayers were voluntary. >> they don't have to participate, but we shouldn't have to hide who we are and everybody gets to be themselves. >> reporter: justice neil gorsuch writing for the court today, declaring that the school district is wrong about church and state -- "the constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination," gorsuch wrote. but some parents of former players disagree. >> when the teacher or coach is standing up and leading the children, i think y

joseph kennedy had a right to pray on the field immediately after the games, kennedy claimed that the bremertonhool district violated his religious freedom by telling him that he could not make such public displays of prayer. the district argued it was trying to avoid the perception that the school was endorsing a religious point of view. justice neil gorsuch wrote the majority opinion saying the first amendment protects such expressions. >> we're following breaking news out of santa rosa now where a fire has turned to deadly. sonoma county sheriff's department officials confirming one fatality because of what was called the role blur fire. fire crews have managed to put that fire out. it is 100% contained. the fire grew to 63 acres at wrobel or road and come field road. no word on what caused the blaze. police are still investigating the fire as well as the death that occurred as a result of it. so we're looking at that video there. it looks like the winds are carrying. this thing has had a problem. yeah. those winds kind of whipping around again in the afternoon. and so yeah, fires and now we

joe kennedy lost his job at bremerton high school in twlth 15 for praying on the 50-yard line after gamessports illustrated posted this quote saying a win for kennedy would be eshg roger stone of bedrock of american democracy. >> todd: joe concha joins us now, why is the mainstream media hell bent on eshg eliminating the christian foundation of our country? >> joe: it is amazing and there is a reason why sports illustrated used to be a weekly iconic publication. in my studio in new jersey, i have several of these, frames, sports illustrated covers from way back then. i am sure you like this one issue the giants won the tampa super bowl, they beat the bills and emerson wells and great catch by dwight clark in that nfc championship game way back when in the early '80s. sports illustrated used to have clout and influence and now you barely hear people talk about that story i read in sports illustrated was incredible and the reason why partly sports media is like political media, it is overwhelmingly biassed. this playbook you see from the left, every issue, democracy will fall unless x happe

we are talking in this first hour about the case yesterday, kennedy v bremerton school district.ere is how robert barnes put it yesterday after the justices handed down their decision. the supreme court ruled monday a school board in washington state -- justice neil gorsuch wrote the majority opinion sayg

my sister actually lives in bremerton. we had a discussion about yesterday as a matter of fact.hat was the first start of our day and we were both crushed. we both grew up going to catholic schools. we both know longer believe in that. i just winter, like the gentleman said before, if that wasn't islam -- was an islamic prayer out on the field or another religion, witchcraft, whatever, how would that stand? it wouldn't because we have six justices that think that their way, they're white christian way -- their white christian way is the only way that can be done. i have no further faith in the supreme court. i will never again stand up for the pledge of allegiance. and i will never again stand up when they sing the national anthem because i think this country has gone back so, so far that it wants to be england or something and i don't know that is a great show these days either. so no, i am totally -- everything the supreme court has done and will try to do, and trust me they will, has just eroded all of the democracy that we have worked so hard all of these years. for those pe

bremerton, washington school districts, this is the high school football coach fired in 2015 while praying by himself visably seen by students. one parent complained because her son is athink set of. senators and mike pence are supporting the coach. stacey abrams says want to follow the will of the people in the landmark decision of roe v. wade. >> i would reject this is the will of people. this is political decision made by narrowest of margins, done to satisfy an even narrower constituency. reporter: justices will not be on the bench this week. these will be online opinion releases only. arthel. >> lucas, justice steven breyer retiring when the terp ends. then judge ketanji brown jackson will be sworn in as the first black woman on the supreme court. will that happen immediately after the term is over? reporter: not totally clear. ketanji brown jackson will being sworn as you mentioned when justice buyer retires. there is no date set. i asked the white house when this could take place. they have to wait before he retires. senate confirmed jackson 53-47 in april. this will be the first bl

kennedy claim that the bremerton school district violated his religious freedom by telling him that he could not make such public displays a prayer. the district had argued that it was trying to avoid the perception that the school was endorsing a religious point of view. justice neil gorsuch wrote the majority opinion saying the first amendment protects such expressions. >> new tonight at 8.46, people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer in what is presumed to be a migrant smuggling attempt in san antonio, texas. a u.s. official says 16 others in that truck were taken to hospitals. among them. 4 were children. the fire chief says the patients were hot to the touch and dehydrated and no water was found in that trailer. the house committee investigating the january 6 capitol attack has set a surprise here in for tomorrow. the panel is citing, quote, recently obtained evidence for the last minute addition to the hearings with expected witness testimony tomorrow. no further details have been released. the comet committee had planned at least 2 additional meetings sometime in july, bu

tested with regulation, reshaping the nation's energy grid print also remaining candidate versus bremerton washington school district but this is a high school football coach she was fired in 2015 for praying about himself while at the school was visibly seen by students. one parent complained because her son is an atheist. senators and former mike pence are supporting the coach. when the court does break for the summer it marked the end of justice steven breyer. he will be replaced by former law clerk jackson the first black woman on the court and 233 years, my progress lucas thompson live, lucas thanks very much. for more on the impact of the supreme court reversal of roe v wade the massive abortion ruling let's bring in our legal experts constitutional attorney at kings college senior fellow mark smith. civil rights attorney atlanta radio talkshow host robert. welcome. >> thanks mike. mike: and got some to do list here for the night state supreme court. issues ranging from immigration asylum, environmental regulation, and religious liberty. which issue is tops on your watchlist, robert?

our washington correspondent basil john joining us live with more on the kennedy versus bremerton casethis case to come down, what was the vote count on this? >> well, theresa, good evening. and yes, it was a 6 to 3 decision. and ultimately the supreme court ruled in favor of the former football coach. >> in a big win for joe kennedy. the supreme court ruled the former football coach has a constitutional right to pray on the field. a ruling celebrated by those gathered outside the when. >> first liberty attorney stephanie tiled says this is a victory for all religious americans. they do have a right to religious expression. they do have a right to their religious identity and they can be treated as second class citizens. just because of that, the supreme court ruled a government entity cannot punish someone for religious observance. >> sarah perry with the heritage foundation says in kennedy's case he was not promoting a religious message. he was simply a private individual. >> taking a minute between one duty and another. the outcome in this case is both encouraging and a reminder of

joe kennedy began his prayer ritual in 2008, but the bremerton school district in washington state grewed after several years when players began to join him. the school offered kennedy an alternative place to pray, away from public view, but kennedy refused and he was placed on administrative leave and suspended from coaching. he sued, arguing that the school district had violated his first amendment right to free speech, and the supreme court agreed with him. in a 6-3 decision, supreme court justice neil gorsuch writing for the majority, respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse republic, whether those expressions take place on a sanctuary or field and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head. joining us now is the plaintiff in that case, joe kennedy, as well as his attorney kelly j. shackelford. thank you, gentlemen, for both of you being with us. i appreciate it. coach, to you first, how did it feel when you learned of this decision? >> i was a little shocked at first because everybody said there it is, and everybody was rea

school football coach has the right to >> it was a victory for joseph kennedy who claimed that the bremertonool district violated his religious freedom but telling him he couldn't pray so publicly after the games is a landmark religious liberty victory for teachers and coaches across the country. first liberty attorney stephanie tell believe's this will protect all religious americans. i do have a right to religious expression. they do have a right to their religious identity and they can be treated as second class citizens just because of that. >> but americans, united ceo rachel laster says this ruling goes too far right now. church state separation is in serious jeopardy. lessors worried about the impact this will have on students of different fates. shocking thing. >> to happen and to have come from one of the 3 branches of the american government. that is founded upon this principle. >> the court ultimately said the coaches prayer was not government speech, even though he was government employee at the time reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. thank you, reshad. well, th

school football coach has the right to >> it was a victory for joseph kennedy who claimed that the bremerton school district violated his religious freedom but telling him he couldn't pray so publicly after the games is a landmark religious liberty victory for teachers and coaches across the country. first liberty attorney stephanie tell believe's this will protect all religious americans. i do have a right to religious expression. they do have a right to their religious identity and they can be treated as second class citizens just because of that. >> but americans, united ceo rachel laster says this ruling goes too far right now. church state separation is in serious jeopardy. lessors worried about the impact this will have on students of different fates. shocking thing. >> to happen and to have come from one of the 3 branches of the american government. that is founded upon this principle. >> the court ultimately said the coaches prayer was not government speech, even though he was government employee at the time reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. >> and the supreme cour

. >> 6-3 ruling, the supreme court ruled in favor of an assistant football coach in bremerton, washington, who prayed on the 50 yard line after games. the school district said it was concerned that if he it did that, if he kept doing it it would look like the school was endorsing his religious expression and he should find a private place to do it. he said he had a private right to do do that and the supreme court today ruled in his favor. it said that he had a right under both the free expression protection of the constitution and the freedom of religion expression part of the constitution to engage in private religious expression. he was not endorsing the school's views. he was not acting in his official capacity. so it seems limited to the circumstances of this case, andrea, and doesn't open the door to, for example, prayer in the schools or teacher-led prayer in the classroom. but it is, nonetheless, another step in the court third time this term that is slightly reduced the wall of separation between church and state and we just got word, we'll get more decisions on wednesday. >> sti

school football coach has the right to >> it was a victory for joseph kennedy who claimed that the bremertonous freedom but telling him he couldn't pray so publicly after the games is a landmark religious liberty victory for teachers and coaches across the country. first liberty attorney stephanie tell believe's this will protect all religious americans. i do have a right to religious expression. they do have a right to their religious identity and they can be treated as second class citizens just because of that. >> but americans, united ceo rachel laster says this ruling goes too far right now. church state separation is in serious jeopardy. lessors worried about the impact this will have on students of different fates. shocking thing. >> to happen and to have come from one of the 3 branches of the american government. that is founded upon this principle. >> and the court ultimately ruled that the coaches prayer isn't considered government speech, although he government employee at the time reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much for shot 6.22

kennedy versus bremerton, washington school districts. this is the high school football coach who was fired in 2015 for praying by himself well at the school and was visible by students. one parent complained because her son is an atheist gop senators and former vice president mike pence or supporting the coach on fox news sunday. stacey abrams weighed in on the court overturning roe v. wade. i would reject the notion that this is the will of the people. this is a political decision made by the narrowest of margins and done to satisfy it and even narrower constituency when the court does break for the summer will mark the end for justice stephen breyer, who is retiring, he will be replaced by his former law clerk, tangie brown jackson, the first black woman on the court. 233 years in washington. lucas tomlinson fox news not being able to see this kind of stuff for so long. it's been very depressing for a lot of people. we want to go out and celebrate who we are and celebrate with other people. san francisco pride packs market street, but

school football coach has the right to >> it was a victory for joseph kennedy who claim that the bremertonct violated his religious freedom but telling him he couldn't pray so publicly after the games is a landmark religious liberty victory for teachers and coaches across the country. first liberty attorney stephanie tell believes this will protect all religious americans. i do have a right to religious expression. they do have a right to their religious identity and they can be treated as second class citizens just because of that. >> but americans, united ceo rachel laster says this ruling goes too far right now. church state separation is in serious jeopardy. lessors worried about the impact this will have on students of different fates. shocking thing. >> to happen and to have come from one of the 3 branches of the american government. that is founded upon this principle. >> and the court ultimately ruled that the coaches prayer isn't considered government speech, even though he was a government employee at the time reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. all right. thank

>> we just found out this morning, so you know, it certainly is in bremerton, they are all waking up to that news. and i expect some phone calls today from them. it >> sandra: i will get more reaction than just a moment, to your lawyer now, your team has certainly made the case that you have the right to kneel in prayer on the 50-yard line. and her point was that this was not a form of coercion come to shannon's point, there were players who came forward to the coach and said that they were not comfortable with this. so what was the case that you built over time on this? >> it's pretty basic, sandra, and that is that free speech and free exercise are both protected under the first amendment. and whether that is a teacher bound or head over or whether that is coach going for 15 or 20 seconds after the game and saying a prayer, a silent prayer. you have the right to do that. so if the government is going to infringe upon that and in this case really fire him because he exercises first amendment rights, they have to have some sort of very serious justification for the ads, and they did

joseph kennedy had the right to pray on the field immediately after games, kennedy claimed that the bremerton school district violated his religious freedom by telling him he couldn't make these kind of public displays of prayer. the district argued it was trying to avoid the perception that the school was endorsing a religious point of view. justice neil gorsuch wrote the majority opinion saying the first amendment protects such expressions up to 10 million children across the nation will not have to worry about where their next meal will come from this summer. today president biden signed a bill that extends the pandemic program for free breakfast and lunch into the next school year. child nutrition waivers were enacted at the beginning of the pandemic. you might remember. >> and we're set to expire this thursday. now they are fully paid for. president biden and other g 7 leaders are continuing their summit in germany where they say they are closer to capping the price on russian oil. it is the latest plan in the push to hit the russian economy in response to that country's invasion of ukra

former bremerton, washingtonl high school football coach joe kennedy would kneelelke and only with players who voluntarily chose to participate. oh , when the district set new guidelines in response to this heresy, kennedy ended his group prayers but still engaged in postgame prayers just by himself. well, the district didn't like that either, so they put him on leave and they won't allow him to coach . the first liberty institute filed suit on his behalf some six years ago and inis january of this year the supreme court finally decidedre to take up the case. well,th the court hasn't evenen issued its opinion, but that didn't stop the publication sports illustrated for alleging something far more nefarious about coach kennedy. mohe's a human embodiment of a country that's deeply divided, of a religious movement that surging with momentum even as organized religion becomess increasingly unpopular and most of all a powerful right wing machine many say is employing a timeless division tactic us versus them. this is badctic writing, this lc twisting makes the argument zero sum. it assumes that

particular pertinent, because if the court looks, for instance, at the amicus brief of the members of the bremerton community and what dissension it caused there, or look at the amicus brief of the east brunswick school district personnel for the immense, horrible divisions and attacks that were caused there, or look at the footnote in santa fe where the court ascribed the meat of the district court to order people to stop trying to find out who the catholic and mormon families in the case -- that case, the plaintiffs, to figure out who they are because of the harassment risks. so, all of those things matter and i think it factors into every case. not to the same degree, but in schools it figures overwhelmingly, both in this court's cases and the lower courts cases. >> it would be overruling them and not to apply and since we haven't applied in 20 or 30 years? we have been asked to many times and we haven't done it in 20 or 30 years. mr. katskee: it would not be overruling. >> we would be doing exactly what we have been doing, right? mr. katskee: yes, but here what then that would mean is the court

joe kennedy coached football nor years in bremerton, washington and always prayed on the field afterict eventually fired him for violating school policy and for years kennedy has been suing to get his job back. on "fox & friends" this morning he had this to say about the "sports illustrated" tweets. >> well, after meeting with greg, the writer, terrific guy and i think he did an awesome job, like you said, of telling the story. and i don't know if it's their editors but somebody, boy, sure wanted somebody to get a response and i think they did. >> the supreme court heard the case in april and based on the questioning from the justices and the conservative majority many believe the court will side with kennedy and his constitutional right to express his religious beliefs. bill. >> bill: we await that maybe today. dan springer in seattle. >> dana: primary day in nevada with inflation and soaring gas prices at the top of voters' minds. some analysts say this race could forecast the mid-terms. a woman is accused of tracking her boyfriend with an apple air tag and running him over with a

kennedy was suspended in 2015 by the school district in bremerton, washington, after they urged him to pray privately, off-duty and away from games. the school district was concerned that a school official leading prayers on the job could be see gis aasnmerov religion. but the coach says his prayers were voluntary, and protected by the constitution. >> nobody should be forced to pray. nobody should have to hide their prayers. everybody should be able to just, enjoy their freedom, as americans. >> reporter: but some parents say their children were the ones whose freedoms were violated. >> they are being pressured into doing something that they don't fundamentally agree with. that's what the first amendment protects us from. >> reporter: the supreme court disagreed. with justice neil gorsuch writing for the majority, the constitution is the best of our traditions has mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and oppression of religious and nonreligious views alike. justice sonja sotomayor dissented with the other two liberals warning that the cot'ted thef s students. coach kennedy's c

coach joe kennedy lost his job after leading students in prayer at bremerton high school near seattlereedom and the court just agreed. shannon bream with me now, our legal expert of the day. what does this ruling mean for prayer in school, shannon? >> well, what it means is that public employees will have a right to make expressions of their faith even in the workplace. this coach had gone to the field as you said, after the game, went to the 50-yard line, he told me he thought it was a matter of conviction and listen whether you win, give me the glory of you lose be gracious and defeat and i want you to go out and do this so he felt a conviction about it. students started to ask if they could join. they were actually people from other schools and coaches and players who would say can we come too? but there were complaints, worries from parents that if their child on the football team didn't do this , it be seen as some kind of signal they didn't want to be a part of it and the coaches could decide well maybe we don't give you playing time. i ask coach kennedy about that and he said t