. >> brangham: inside the courtroom today, as always, was marcia coyle of the "national law journal," and she joins me now. marcia, welcome back, as always. >> thank you. >> brangham: the argument today is whether title7, which bans job discrimination on the basis of sex, could also include protecting sexual orientation. is that the argument today? >> that's right. duds that language, "sex," encompass discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identityism as we heard from one of the plaintiffs who basically argued, i'm titled because i'm guy and thus under title 7 i should be protected. >> that's right. the other plaintiff you heard from, aimee stephens, she claimed she was fired because of her gender identity, that she had transitioned from male to female. and today, william, there were two hours of arguments. the court had consolidated two cases involving sexual orientation for one hour and then the case on gender identity for a second hour. and the arguments were fascinating, fast, quick, past breaking, we heard words like "transgender," "cys gender." >> brangham: