Jeffrey Stein
// 12/4/17 //
Topic Update
This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop, a case invoking the conflict between religious beliefs and non-discrimination ordinances (SCOTUSBlog).
- The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is not about religious freedom, writes Jennifer Finney Boylan at NYT.
- There is no constitutional right to refuse service to a person based on sexual orientation, writes Erwin Chemerinsky at The Sacramento Bee.
- A ruling in favor of Masterpiece Cakeshop would destroy discrimination law, writeDavid Glasgow and Kenji Yoshino.
- Eric Segall examines how a ‘committed originalist’ should decide the case.
- Sarah Posner explores the Alliance Defending Freedom, who is representing Masterpiece Cakeshop.