Masterpiece Cakeshop Arguments: A Divided SCOTUS on What Should Be an Easy Case

Oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission recently concluded. Many commentators are already suggesting that the argument went poorly for pro-equality forces. Justice Kennedy, the moderate-conservative justice who will be the swing vote and has written many pro-equality decisions in the past, asked pointed questions of the lawyers representing the Commission. It used … Continue reading Masterpiece Cakeshop Arguments: A Divided SCOTUS on What Should Be an Easy Case