ethan bearman is back with cato institute director of constitutional studies, i'm assuming you are alsoawyer? >> i just play one on tv like dam right now. [laughter] kennedy: ilya shapiro is back. welcome everyone. let's talk about this because the crime wave in big cities and even smaller towns, alexander, it is been bad news for democrats. especially this is something democrat leadership had really warned against was defunded the police slogan era. the impact it has had on cities has been very deleterious last year going this year, your thoughts? >> absolutely perfect with the president's trying do tomorrow is head off criticism going into the 2022 midterms grade republicans who run campaigns will run off the success they had in effectively using an weapon icing the democrats defend the police rhetoric and 2020s a lot of those key congressional seats failed to capture. i think that is with the president is trying to do. again he's going back to what he says are root causes. we have seen addressing root causes has gotten them with respect to control the u.s. southern border, it hasn't.

with that attorney and democrat strategist ethan bearman. oh my goodness.start with you, katie. masks used to be about i am protecting everyone, i'm super safe and better than you. doubt masks make you seemed like you are just a scaredy-cat. i notice it in my apartment building. some people will not get onto an elevator if you are not wearing a mask. it's like okay final be nearby myself stinking up the joist with my bad singing. >> [laughter] we all love your bad singing sexy pretty good. i was at it outdoor nursery a couple weeks ago without my mask on. there are still people had their mask on for this guy came up to visit hey i'm glad to know not the only person is following the guidelines i don't to be mistaken for a trump support and just try to follow the rules. that is what he actually told beth said whatever dude okay. anyway it's going to come down to the schools are seeing a lot of the school still insisting that children as young as preschoolers still be mass when there is evidence now from brown university that kids in schools with masks had a h

the cochair of the hometown values back, ethan bearman and criminal defense attorney david bruno. >> to tell everyone ethan is a metallica super fan and he got assigned to argue against the group. in his heart i know he is with them. let's start with exhibit a, the complaint over the cancellation policy. as is common in the music industry, metallica purchased a cancellation, abandonment and nonappearance insurance policy to protect it in the event that any portion of the tour was canceled or postponed. underwriters denied any coverage based on a stricter interpretation of the policy. >> it's not overly restrictive. the policy is very clear. sadly this is the case. insurance contracts are contracts of adhesion is the term that we know about. there's not a negotiation happening over these 100 pages over these contracts may have very specific carve outs for communicable diseases requiring either one of the band members to be taken out essentially by the disease or that the venue in which he was canceled was an origin and location of the disease. it's very clear, it's too bad for metallic

night court is now in session with ethan bearman and bob bianchi. shannon: let's start with exhibit a. in the complaint, the plaintiff say by prematurely deciding to stop administering these federal benefits at extra $300 a week indiana has violated the clear mandates of indiana's unemployment statute which is sent to secure all rights and benefits available for unemployed individuals. ethan. >> they are citing labor and safety code. they are selectively signing it. this is a dangerous move on their part because it says they are supposed to secure benefits for employers and furthermore the power and the department of workforce development. the commissioner is named as the defendant in this suit. if the department has the administrative right to have promulgated a rule, as long as they had a hearing, we know they gave notice. the state has the right to do this because they are supposed to consider employers and that is their argument. then employers need employees back at work. this turns on the language in that statute and selectively citing it i ha

let's discuss with the cochair of the hometown values -- attorney ethan bearman and criminal defenseback to both of you, gentlemen, great to see you. >> hello, shannon. >> hi, shannon. >> shannon: this is an excerpt from the student's speech. what is the goal for our future generation? at ultimately reflect the purpose of life. what is our purpose? the purpose of life is to live a life devoted to christ -- to enjoy him forever. david, the principal says [indiscernible]. >> i disagree with the principal. i mean, first off, there's a convergence of constitutional rights here. the valedictorian has the right to free speech and the free exercise of religion and then also the establishment because prohibits the government from establishing religion. all we have to do is look to the united states department of education guidelines here because it says that the valedictorian's speech is not an expression of the school and therefore may not be restricted because of religious content or because of even prayer. so that's really the lay of the land here and the school really shouldn't go to thi