OA180: Masterpiece Cakeshop
Join us for an\xa0early\xa0Rapid Response Friday, in which we break down the Supreme Court's decision in\xa0Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.\xa0 To tackle a topic this big, we needed a little extra help, so we brought back our favorite guest, Andrew Seidel, attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation.\xa0 But that's not all!\xa0 We recorded so much information that we decided to do a crossover episode with\xa0Serious Inquiries Only, so you can have over two hours of Andrew-on-Andrew (and Thomas!) action. We begin, however, on Yodel Mountain, with two pieces of news arising out of Paul Manafort's criminal trial.\xa0 Is Paulie M going to jail?\xa0 Did he engage in illegal witness tampering?\xa0 Did he back up his encrypted WhatsApp messages on an unencrypted iCloud?\xa0 Listen and find out!\xa0 We also delve into Manafort's response to the press's motion to unseal the Mueller investigation documents first discussed in Episode 168.\xa0 And, as long as we're yodeling, we might as well catch up on what's going on in the Summer Zervos lawsuit first discussed in Episode 176. After that, it's time to figure out exactly what's going on in\xa0Masterpiece Cakeshop.\xa0 Is this a narrow decision?\xa0 Is it a win for anti-LGBTQ forces?\xa0 Is it a nothing-burger?\xa0 Listen and find out! Finally, we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #79 about the real property conveyance to a church.\xa0 Yes, it's more 13th-Century Saxony law!\xa0 And if you'd like to play along , just\xa0retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag.\xa0 We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances Andrew and Andrew continued to talk Masterpiece Cakeshop on\xa0Serious Inquiries Only, and Andrew was a guest talking the same thing on Episode 177 of\xa0The Scathing Atheist. Show Notes & Links
- Here's the government's motion to revoke Paul Manafort's pretrial release.\xa0 Witness tampering is a crime under\xa018 U.S.C. \xa7 1512.
- We first discussed the press's motion to unseal the Mueller investigation documents in Episode 168, and the Summer Zervos lawsuit back in Episode 176.
- We've uploaded\xa0Supreme Court's decision in\xa0Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission\xa0so you can read it for yourself.
- If you love Andrew Seidel, you might want to go back to his\xa0 FIVE previous appearances on the show,\xa0Episode 82\xa0(on\xa0Trinity Lutheran),\xa0Episode 85\xa0(which was originally a Patreon-only exclusive),Episode 111,\xa0Episode 131, and most recently, Episode 171.
- Finally, please consider\xa0supporting the Freedom From Religion Foundation.