Legal Spirits

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Legal Spirits Episode 020: A New Case That May Alter Free Exercise Doctrine

Posted March 9, 2020 • 00:29:46

The Supreme Court has granted cert. on a potentially major case for the scope of the Free Exercise Clause and the relationship between rights of religious...

Legal Spirits Episode 019: Oral Argument in the Blaine Amendments Case

Posted February 5, 2020 • 00:24:29

Late last month, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Espinoza v. Montana Dep’t of Revenue, a case on the constitutionality of a Montana school-choice...

Legal Spirits Episode 018: SCOTUS Takes a Pair of Cases on the Ministerial Exception

Posted January 23, 2020 • 00:25:41

In this episode, we discuss the Court’s cert grant in two consolidated cases on the ministerial exception: St. James Church v. Biel and Our Lady of...

Legal Spirits Episode 017: Tanzin v. Tanvir and Individual Liability Under RFRA

Posted December 17, 2019 • 00:20:46

In this podcast, we discuss the Second Circuit opinion in Tanzin v. Tanvir, the Supreme Court’s second law-and-religion case this term, about whether...

Legal Spirits Episode 016: The New Wedding Vendor Cases

Posted November 19, 2019 • 00:27:03

In this episode, we discuss recent court rulings in favor of wedding vendors who decline, from religious conviction, to provide services for same-sex...