Last week federal appeals courts in two church-state cases declined to revisit panel decisions, leaving those rulings intact and setting up potential appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A ban on both religious and anti-religious messages as part of a rule prohibiting all issue-based messages in public transit system’s ad space is permissible, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
In the Masterpiece Cakeshop oral argument, the Court focused on the Free Speech issues, but also questioned the religious liberty implications of the case, both for shop owners and for customers.