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28 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 195 (2019)
Justice Gorsuch's Crusade: The Inviolable Power of Religion

handle is hein.journals/bupi28 and id is 207 raw text is: JUSTICE GORSUCH'S CRUSADE: THE INVIOLABLE POWER OF RELIGION Peter Manus* I. THE MASTERPIECE CASE: Two GROOMS, A CAKE AND A CHRISTIAN.. 197 A. Justice Kennedy's Majority. .................. ....... 200 B. Justice Kagan's Concurrence and Justice Ginsburg's Dissent.. 204 C. Justice Gorsuch's Concurrence: Two Readings ...... ..... 208 1. One Reading: The Gorsuch Concurrence as Just Plain Logic ..................................... 209 2. An Alternative Reading of Gorsuch's Concurrence: A Free Exercise Agenda ................... ....... 213 a. The Scope of Free Exercise Protection ................ 213 b. When Religion Discriminates .................. 218 II. CIRCUIT JUDGE GORSUCH AND THE RELIGIOUS CLAUSES ..... ...... 220 A. Judge Gorsuch on Free Exercise ............................ 221 1. The Christian Crafts Store Case... ................ 222 2. The Prison Sweat Lodge Case ........................... 225 B. Judge Gorsuch on the Establishment Clause .. ............... 227 1. The Ten Commandments Monument Case............ 228 2. The Roadside Memorial Case.......... ...... ..... 232 C. Summary Observations of Judge Gorsuch's Religion Clause Opinions ........................... ............. 235 III. JUSTICE GORSUCH ON RELIGION AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ............ 236 A. The Church Playground Case.............. ........ 237 B. The Birth Certificate Case ...............................241 C. Summary Observations on Justice Gorsuch's Free Exercise Views ........................................ 243 IV. CONCLUSION ................................. ..... 245 June 26, 2017 was a sort of coming out day for Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. First, on that day, the Supreme Court Professor of Law, New England Law | Boston; J.D., Cornell Law School; B.A., Dartmouth College. The author thanks S.M. and B.M. for their thoughtful assistance. 195