Courts Decide the Scope of the First Amendment, and Why Abortion Isn't Healthcare: January 12, 2025

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this week's episode, Frank DeVito and Joseph Clement discuss the following updates:

1:35 The 9th Circuit's novel expansion of the Church Autonomy Doctrine to provide greater protection for religious organizations when making hiring decisions;

19:18 A case currently pending before the Supreme Court that could clarify when/how individuals whose First Amendment rights have been violated by the government can go to court;

29:32 The Wyoming Supreme Court's recent ruling against the state's abortion bans and how it fails both the state's and natural laws.

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Topics:

- Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses

- Freedom of Religion

- Section 1983

- Abortion and abortion pill bans

- Is Abortion Healthcare?

The Napa Legal Podcast, January 12, 2025