i'm so glad to get a chance to talk to mr. zirincause this is a subject that has interested me for the last few years. i have a question at the end i will ask after i make my statement. the forefathers came here and they came from england. and these guys of course came in with bibles and the koran. the system was i don't even want to talk about hillary clinton and donald trump because if our country lasts it's going to change and change and change. but when they came here, they set up this constitution. they put the bill of rights in front of it. people get the bill of rights mixed up with the constitution. host: charles, what is your question? caller: my question is, if you look at the amendments to the constitution, and you think about they left religious oppression, when they brought the koran and the bible, was their intention to set up a religious society based on shaharya law? thank you. guest: i don't think they considered whether society would be based on shaharya law. i think society was to be based on the constitution and

good more than, mr. zirin? >> guest: good morning. >> caller: always say i'm a -- probably 45 days or so because i love the forum issue love being age to express my views and hear regular views from people around the country. unfiltered. appreciate the program. with that said i think that the view that the supreme court is becoming more partisan, i think it's a reflection on politicians. democrat and republican. especially in the last really since 2000. that contested election with bush 2 and gore. since then, partisanship has just ramped up with the house of representatives and the senate, and i think the justices have been relatively the same. they've been forever. but because of the partisanship, because of the arguing and unconstructive dialogue between the two parties, over the last 15, 20 years, it shows with the supreme court -- >> okay, let's let jim zirin respond to that. do you think the politics have effected the court? >> guest: without question. will rogers or summon elves said the supreme court fo

mr. joe briggs as well. [applause] and finally as moderator i will give it over to dave zirin up the nation sports editor, theght books on the politics of sports including game overcome how politics is turned the world of sports upside down. is a frequent guest on espn, democracy now! and he also hosts his own weekly ex-im show, edge of the sportswriter. and because the collision were sports and politics collide with former nba player -- so give it up for dave and i will hand it over to him. [applause] >> thank you. a big thanks to afl-cio for having this important event, for hosting this discussion and doing it in a way that we can be finished in time for the world series. just so folks know, i'm rooting for the cubs. not because i've any great love for the cubs but there's just something about seeing a racist mascot on tv just makes my stomach turn. i'm sure people up in d.c. have no idea what that feels like. it's very disturbing to see that on camera. this is such an important discussion to have. it's in an important discussion about the intersection of sports and social justice. it's taken important to h