00:10:19.740Wait, so she's arguing, though, of course, that, like, using gas because it's dependent on an international market makes the price volatile.
00:10:28.980Of course, you are going into a country that you are trying to take over and you know what it's like when you're at war and you're expecting to plug your cars in meaning your tanks.
00:10:44.000You're just saying, like, our military.
00:15:35.880Let me take a 60-second break because that was a lot of heavy lifting.
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00:15:50.660And neither of us knew how to find a good real estate agent.
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00:48:43.000The day that the court granted our case, though, an attorney here in Colorado called us up and asked us to create a cake that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside.
00:48:52.400And then we were informed that those colors were symbolic of changing gender, changing from a man to a woman.
00:48:58.260So we told this attorney that we would be glad to serve other custom cakes, create other custom cakes, serve them in any way that we would serve anybody else.
00:49:06.160But the cake expressed a message that I didn't want to create.
00:49:10.240And so that person sued us through the state.
00:49:12.200That went forward and then was dismissed.
00:49:14.940And now we're in the same lawsuit with the same person in a civil case.
00:49:59.080And it is for every American because free speech is for everyone.
00:50:02.920And we're hoping that this court will overturn it.
00:50:05.640But, again, like I said, with ADF backing us up and knowing that we have the best legal team that you could possibly have in a situation like this is reassuring.
00:50:18.340Matt, tell me what this case is looking at, why it went civil, and why you're having a hard time or he had a hard time before you guys came on board.
00:50:30.020Yeah, well, as you mentioned earlier, you know, the Supreme Court ruled for Jack but focused on the hostility that Colorado was showing to Jack where it was comparing his beliefs about marriage to being no different than those of Nazis and those responsible for the Holocaust.
00:50:47.560And so the Supreme Court didn't get to that core question of can Colorado force artists like Jack to speak a message to support a cause or idea that violates their belief.
00:50:58.240And that's what we're fighting for now is we want that definitive ruling to say the Constitution clearly protects the speech of every American and including take artists like Jack.
00:51:08.120But isn't that what the first Supreme Court decision said?
00:51:13.540They just focused on that hostility and sort of saved the bigger question for another day.
00:51:18.660And so we're litigating it now on Jack.
00:51:20.600We've got another case, Lori Smith of 303 Creative, that's at the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the same Colorado law.
00:51:26.920So we're hopeful that we are going to get that ruling that's going to put an end once and for all to these vexatious challenges against Jack and allow him to go back to doing what he loves to do.
00:51:38.200I go back to, you know, I think 10 years have been stolen.
00:51:47.500It's also a bread, so we should ask Jack about it.
00:51:51.000But I just think, you know, there's at some point should be a penalty for people who are intentionally trying to destroy someone's life just to make a point.
00:52:06.820Yeah, and especially with this case, I mean, the person doing this, this activist attorney admitted that if this case was thrown out, come back in the next day and ask for another cake that they know Jack could not do because of his beliefs.
00:52:22.320We're raising awareness that this was a setup, that this was an effort to try and punish and harass Jack because of his beliefs, and we're not going to stand for it.
00:52:30.020Yeah, can you counter-sue at all on this?
00:52:37.700Yeah, well, that's why we're hopeful that the Colorado Supreme Court is going to shut this down once and for all and make sure that these types of claims can't be brought anymore against Jack or others like him.
00:52:46.400And how is the, what's the makeup of the Colorado Supreme Court?
00:52:51.500Well, you know, we've been through this process before the first time around,
00:52:58.560and they didn't show willingness to stand for the Constitution and uphold Jack's free speech rights,
00:53:05.280but we're hopeful that they'll see what this delegation is doing to him and how this is being, like you said,
00:53:11.440the harassment and these laws are being misused to punish Jack and try and coerce him because of his beliefs.
00:53:16.800And what happens if the Colorado courts turn you away and say, nope, we side with the, what is it, the plaintiff?
00:53:26.400We side with the guys who want the cake, and the Supreme Court just doesn't take his case.
00:54:52.620Yeah, thanks for allowing us to share our story and hopefully encourage other people to do what's right because, like I said earlier, free speech is for everyone.
00:55:03.340These cases are not just about me and my cake shop.
00:55:58.800And that's why, you know, God put him in the right place.
00:56:02.440They're picking on the wrong guy because this guy, he is clear.
00:56:06.660How many of us have that kind of faith?
00:56:08.860It's almost, it's so hard because there's such a pragmatic cost to it for him.
00:56:15.020You know, his life is being destroyed.
00:56:17.040And, you know, you can tell that he really cares about this.
00:56:20.880But, you know, after six months, it would be really hard to keep going.
00:56:25.360It's just, I don't know, just make the cake.
00:56:27.260You know, I mean, that has to, I know if I'm running this cake shop, first of all, it's probably very much losing money because I'm eating all the goods.
00:56:35.280But secondarily, I think it would be, that would definitely cross my mind.
00:56:40.140If I felt the way he did, I would be like, all right, you know, this is ridiculous.
00:56:43.860I'm going to ruin my entire life over this.
01:00:30.740We I mean, this should be Friday because we have all these people that are fighting back coming up in just a minute.
01:00:46.880We're, you know, fight back Fridays we're doing.
01:00:50.000Um, and hopefully we have some other people left that are fighting back in just a few minutes.
01:00:55.520I'm going to introduce you to Connor Fitzpatrick.
01:00:57.540Um, he is representing the Michigan middle school students that have gotten together, uh, and they filed a lawsuit because the school forced them to take off their let's go Brandon sweatshirts.
01:01:14.880Now, if the school has a policy that's consistent, then I would disagree with them, but we'll find out.
01:01:22.320Uh, I don't think they're being, I highly doubt they're being consistent.
01:01:27.460Uh, and, uh, so they're going to court.
01:01:29.780Um, because, you know, would you have, I mean, the people who were so anti-Trump, so anti-Trump, would, would, would that school kick the kids out if they had an anti-Trump shirt?
01:02:30.340Although I think that's changing quite a bit, and I think it's, since COVID, we've seen a massive shift on that issue.
01:02:38.420It has, but it shows you how trapped people are in the federal system.
01:02:43.000We're so trapped in our school systems because we pay taxes and everything else, and there's been relatively no competition that you could get any kind of help with, and because of that, prices are high, et cetera, et cetera.
01:02:56.040You're trapped, and people are just like, what am I going to do?
01:03:25.080Not everyone can, and it's unfortunate, and I will tell you, it's terrible.
01:03:28.360They want to raise, they're right now, in Texas, you have this possibility of challenging your taxes.
01:03:33.840Every year, they give you this chance to protest your taxes, which you should always do if you happen to live in Texas or if your state does this.
01:03:42.260I want it to be zero dollars or something close to zero dollars.
01:03:45.520I don't even send my kids to these schools, and I have to pay taxes to send my kids to schools they don't attend, and then I have to pay again and another to the private school.
01:03:55.300And it's like, well, this is completely insane for most people, and it shouldn't be that way.
01:04:00.320You should be able to choose where to send your kids to school, but this is so entrenched, and it's destroying us.
01:04:06.480Luckily, a lot of people have been able to change that in the last couple of years, but we should keep pushing in this direction.
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01:05:52.700Welcome to the Glenn Beck program up in Michigan.
01:05:55.360I read a story yesterday that middle school students there have filed a suit after the school forces them to take off their Let's Go Brandon sweatshirts.
01:06:06.160The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression attorney, known as FIRE, and you can find them at thefire.org.
01:06:13.960Connor Fitzpatrick is joining us with us because these guys are minors protecting their anonymity.
01:06:21.400They're not going to be on with us, but we're going to talk to Patrick about this case.
01:06:34.260So, Connor, is this inconsistent with their dress code?
01:06:43.680You know, how can they file suit if there is a dress code that says you can't wear things that cause attention being brought to you or disruptive?
01:06:56.000So, the dress code provision that the school is relying on to ban these Let's Go Brandon hoodies says that you're not allowed to wear vulgar or profane clothing.
01:07:35.620When you filed suit with them, what did the school say?
01:07:40.780We have not heard anything from the school or the school district since we filed suit other than that they acknowledged my email when I emailed the lawsuit to them.
01:07:58.060And did the parents reach out to the school first and try to get answers or some open minds on this?
01:08:07.040So, we have two students who are plaintiffs in our case, both of whom were ordered by the school district to remove Let's Go Brandon sweatshirts.
01:08:16.580And the ironic thing about all of this is this shouldn't have required a lawsuit.
01:08:21.320Last year, through attorneys, the parents wrote to the school district, set out the pertinent Supreme Court law and the First Amendment law, and said, hey, you have to allow these hoodies.
01:08:31.560They're protected by the First Amendment.
01:08:33.700Unfortunately, the school doubled down.
01:09:00.280And their middle school students, like these kids, went to school and they wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
01:09:06.960And the Supreme Court held that as long as the students aren't being disruptive, as long as they aren't disrupting lessons, kids have a First Amendment right to peacefully express their political views in school.
01:09:18.220And what schools can't do and what the school's doing here is playing favorites, allowing some students to express their political views, their social views, but stopping other students from expressing theirs.
01:09:30.440And it's really amazing to me that, you know, once you get into college, the entire system is trying to teach you to stand up and protest and disrupt.
01:09:43.080And it's now in our our middle schools and elementary schools as well.
01:09:48.320But here the schools are saying, no, no, no, you can't disrupt.
01:09:53.340You can't do that when everything on the left is all about chaos and disruption.
01:09:57.760So under the Supreme Court's precedent, as long as students aren't being disruptive, you're not allowed to stand up and start chanting protests in class.
01:10:07.820We all agree with that. And that's the ironic thing about this case, Glenn, is that the school has never contended that these kids were being disruptive.
01:10:15.800They were going about their day, doing their schoolwork, going from class to class.
01:10:20.100And they just happened to be wearing a Let's Go Brandon hoodie.
01:10:22.660But the school singled them out and ordered them to remove their sweatshirts based on the political message that they wish to express.
01:10:30.260And that's where the Constitution gets involved.
01:10:32.260Talking to Connor Fitzpatrick, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
01:10:39.760Connor, tell me if this if you lose this case, what are the ramifications?
01:10:48.860And if you win this case, does it go further than just this school?
01:10:55.700So we certainly hope we certainly hope we don't lose.
01:10:58.720If we do, I think there's a good chance we'll take it to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and higher if we need to.
01:11:03.980But the overall point of this case and the overall importance of the First Amendment in public schools is that we should be encouraging young people, not discouraging them.
01:11:14.720We should be encouraging them to engage in political expression, to talk about the issues with their friends.
01:11:21.120And if it causes a debate or an argument, so much for the better.
01:11:25.120You know, Glenn, we count on our schools to prepare our kids for real life.
01:11:29.700Schools should prepare kids for real life.
01:11:31.700Well, in real life, people are going to disagree with them.
01:11:35.580They're going to have neighbors and coworkers and even elected officials who don't think or talk or even pray the same way they do.
01:11:44.840So the earlier they start getting exposed to views that they disagree with and start having those discussions, that's what's going to prepare them for a productive life as an American citizen.
01:11:54.580And I have to tell you, there is no education without an honest search of all sides and without friction, you know, opposition in all things.
01:12:06.580There is opposition in all things, and it's necessary.
01:12:10.600And you will never sharpen a knife without the opposition of the stone.
01:12:15.880You will never educate your children unless they are occasionally offended.
01:12:21.880I mean, I think the best teachers are the ones that will take one side and really argue and push the kids up against the wall and then halfway through switch sides and argue hard the other way.
01:12:38.760That's the only way you are ever challenged to think for yourself.
01:15:33.860One of the first things you realize when you step outside the noise for a few days is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country.
01:15:41.140Kind and decent people. People who really care about what's true.
01:15:44.900And a bunch of hilarious people also. A lot of those.
01:15:48.880It's got to be the majority of the population, even now.
01:31:29.000Chief Justice John Roberts, the loser, said, I think you have things backward.
01:31:35.240I think you're right that there is a difference between the value that our history places upon money and property, but I think it's the exact opposite of what you're saying.
01:31:46.600So it looks like pretty much all of the judges immediately rejected this.
01:31:53.300This is so important that they rule correctly and broadly on this.
01:31:59.580We have a problem with our counties, our police, local, that they can just seize property and then not give it back to you because you were suspected of a crime and you have to prove yourself innocent.
01:32:18.800And even when you do prove yourself innocent, they don't have to give the property back.
01:32:22.960It is, it's absolutely un-American and unconstitutional.
01:32:30.280This is something that I think when people start to have a problem paying their taxes, which will come, you start, you're not paying your property tax.
01:32:41.400If they can take your $250,000 home for $20,000 worth of taxes and they don't have to give you that money back, you won't have a home.
01:32:56.900You won't have a home because it will be a way for the county to take money so they can keep their services going.
01:33:05.140And then the federal government can just pay for their sustenance after that.
01:34:24.600That's exactly what this bill does to put us into an ability to negotiate.
01:34:29.900The bill comes in response to the U.S. approaching its debt ceiling as early as this summer.
01:34:34.960It might even come closer to May or early June.
01:34:40.720Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned of an economic catastrophe.
01:34:45.160Now, listen, this is your Treasury Secretary saying, if we don't come up with an agreement for the debt ceiling, it will be an economic catastrophe.
01:35:01.760Listen, the Republicans have a bill that they have set up that takes away some of the just grotesque spending.
01:35:12.720OK, you're not getting the new IRS agents.
01:35:16.260We're not giving you 80 million dollars for new IRS agents.
01:35:20.080You're we're also going to cut way, way back on all of these green things that you're doing and that you hid in the Inflation Reduction Act.
01:35:29.440So don't tell me you got it passed with the American people.
01:35:32.280The American people didn't know what it was.
01:35:34.340And you've been on the road even saying that.
01:35:38.040So this isn't something the American people were for.
01:35:41.440So we're going to save four point eight trillion dollars over the next year if they will pass this.
01:36:47.980And obviously, at four point eight trillion dollars, the Republicans are, in my case, I don't think tough enough, but at least they're standing up and they're being tough on this.
01:38:55.020Obviously, then you have the debt limit and you could say, well, maybe the debt limit was set for to say, OK, well, let's come up with a really high number that we should never bump up against.
01:39:07.940This standard, the debt ceiling as it exists right now, is designed to just, hey, when we get close to this point, we will all realize we're out of control and we need to make some changes to slow this down.
01:41:24.440May I suggest, if you happen to agree with me that this is inevitable, as that one opinion piece said, you want to protect the money that you have.
01:41:40.080When the dollar loses its value, almost everything you have is in dollars.
01:41:51.200All your stocks, even if you're not wiped out from a stock crash, just the dollar changing, your retirement, you got nothing because inflation will shoot through the roof and they're going to pay you out in dollars.
01:42:06.620So, may I suggest that you have maybe 10%, just 10% of what you have in some sort of silver or gold, precious metals.
01:42:17.900The central banks all around the world that are trying to collapse our dollar are all going into gold and silver.
01:43:54.700Um, and it has, uh, Joe Biden at 70% of the vote in the Democratic primary, RFK Jr. at 21, which is really high for a candidate that is not, you know, just in and not a mainstream.
01:44:47.140Well, that's the same thing that Donald Trump is running on.
01:44:50.480So that says, if this poll is right, that says 21% out of the box without really hearing a case, 21% are saying, I want somebody to break it up of Democrats of Democrats that shows we have more in common than ever before.
01:45:12.000So if that were true, and I can't base it on one poll, but if that were true, politically, just by the numbers, that would make sense.
01:45:21.720But I wouldn't, I would hate to lose President Trump and receive a die hard liberal.
01:47:33.360There's a couple of things that I want to address.
01:47:36.120This one is a Disney filed suit against Ron DeSantis yesterday because they say he's just playing games and doesn't have right to do what he did.