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TRAVERSE CITY, MI. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told “Face the Nation” moderator and CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan Sunday that the nation has the “most complex national airspace in the world,” but acknowledges “there are things we can do to manage it more e ciently.”

Brennan had pressed the Transportation Secretary on ongoing delay issues and the need for more air tra c controllers.

Pivoting to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday that granted Lorie Smith, a Colorado web site designer, the ability to discriminate against LGBTQ+ couples over her religious objections and free speech issues for artistic expression based on her being Christian, Brennan asked for Buttigieg’s take. The Secretary said “there’s no evidence” the web designer in the Supreme Court case on LGBTQ rights “was ever even approached by a same-sex couple looking for services.”

“We’re seeing more and more...circumstances that are designed to...chip away at rights,” he added.

Buttigieg was referring to The New Republic report published earlier this past week, that part of the evidence submitted in the lawsuit of 303 Creative v. Elenis, references a purportedly gay customer who sought the services of plaintiff Lorie Smith, but who may not exist. been happily married (to a woman) for the last 15 years. I have never contacted Lorie Smith about making a website,” he said on Thursday. “The first I have heard about my name and contact details being referenced in this case was yesterday when Melissa reached out.”

Chris Wolpert, the clerk for the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is located in Denver, told Colorado Politics the appellate court’s rules state that lawyers, by signing and submitting legal briefs, are certifying to the best of their knowledge that their “factual contentions or denials are supported in the record.»

“In general, the court has the discretion to initiate disciplinary action and or impose sanctions sua sponte,” meaning on its own, Wolpert said.

The circuit’s rules also allow for discipline if a lawyer’s conduct violates the code of professional conduct adopted by the state Supreme Court. One such requirement is that lawyers not offer evidence known to be false.

On une 30, Colorado Politics magazine, in confirming the New Republic’s reporting, published a story that detailed that the purportedly gay customer was also contacted by Colorado Politics and said, verifying the account said: “I have

The Southern Poverty Law Center listed hate and extremist legal group, The Alliance Defending Freedom, represented Lorie Smith in the case.