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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California in the Court – Gill v. Whitford
By Leslie Gielow Jacobs on
Welcome to our In Brief series. In these posts and podcasts, we break down the key concepts in the day’s news and quickly explain why it matters to Californians.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, in which…