Promoting Palliative Care, Employee Rights, and Security Funding: September 8, 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 policy and legal updates:

1:06 A Christian physician assistant's lawsuit against her former employer who allegedly fired her over her religious beliefs;

10:40 A pending bill that would promote training, resources, research, and awareness of palliative care;

20:29 More public funding for religious organizations to bolster their security systems.

Read the Sixth Circuit's ruling here: https://firstliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kloosterman-Decision.pdfRead the pending bill here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2287/text

Read the letter from the USCCB here: https://www.usccb.org/resources/CHA%20USCCB%20letter%20of%20support%20for%20PCHETA%202025%20final%20-%20Senate.pdf

Read the DHS press release here: https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250819/dhs-awards-110-million-help-protect-houses-worship-and-nonprofit

Tags: Employment lawsuit, compelled arbitration, free exercise, free speech, equal protection, physician assisted suicide, medical aid in dying, hospice.

The Napa Legal Podcast, September 8, 2025