On Tuesday, Dec. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.  Colorado civil rights law requires vendors to provide their products and services without discrimination according to, among other things, sexual orientation.  A Colorado baker claims that the U.S. Constitution trumps

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, in which