303 Creative, Masterpiece Cakeshop, and the Fate of Free Exercise for Wedding Vendors
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303 Creative, Masterpiece Cakeshop, and the Fate of Free Exercise for Wedding Vendors
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Over the past decade, the tension between First Amendment rights and public accommodations laws has grown, as wedding vendors have refused to serve same-sex weddings pursuant to their consciences. On...
show moreWedding-vendor litigation continues to percolate throughout the country and raises important questions for First Amendment jurisprudence, including whether the Supreme Court should reconsider Employment Division v. Smith, whether the free exercise clause extends protection to wedding vendors in a similar way to the free speech clause, and whether the so-called “hybrid rights doctrine” is a viable theory for analyzing religious claims to exemptions. Please join us as we discuss these issues and others with some of the leading scholars and practitioners in this space.
Featuring:
Prof. Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Prof. Douglas Laycock, Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Virginia School of Law
Jonathan Scruggs, Senior Counsel and the Director for the Center for Conscience Initiatives, Alliance Defending Freedom
(Moderator) Austin Rogers, Chief Counsel at Senate Judiciary Committee
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