U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Sep. 25, 2017
Anti-discrimination laws in jeopardy across the board
Advocates for a religious scruples exception to the Colorado law at issue in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case ignore the lost liberty of the people on the receiving end of the discrimination who are being told "you are not full and equal members of the polis."
Sanford Jay Rosen
Partner, Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
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Yale Law School; New Haven CT
OCTOBER 2017 TERM
A Colorado civil rights law prohibits sexual orientation discrimination in public accommodations. This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a self-styled designer baker in Colorado may nevertheless refuse to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, claiming that the law violates his First Amendment free exercise of religion and free speech rights. The court’s decision almost surely will have an enormous impact L...
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