Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. A new study measures the impact of religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws by using as a focal point the justices’s 2018 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop. The author offers some lessons for the court in the pending LGBT discrimination case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. Law clerk scholar Todd Peppers has a new book out. Plus, a look at Merrick Garland the Brennan clerk. Contact Marcia Coyle at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @MarciaCoyle. Contact contributor Tony Mauro at [email protected] and on Twitter @Tonymauro.
