Masterpiece Cakeshop V. Colorado Civil Rights: No Piece Of Cake Case

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. This is an important, and dangerous case, for civil liberties. It involves a bakery owner who refused to bake a custom cake for a gay wedding. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled that Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, engaged in sexual orientation discrimination under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA). This discrimination occurred when Mr. Phillips declined to design and create a custom cake honoring the same-sex marriage of David Mullins and Charlie Craig.

In 1892 and in the 1950’s two cases were tried to the United States Supreme Court that would forever change black and white segregation in America. There’s amendments set in place so that America could grow from skin color based segregation, and states tried finding loopholes around these amendments. In case of Plessy vs Ferguson took place where the 14th Amendment was violated. Later in the 1950’s a case called Brown vs Board of Education was also violating the 14 Amendment. Both cases were taken to court and tried against the government for unjust violations of the 14th amendment.

Supreme Court of the United States decision on the King v. Burwell case was a 6-3 decision in favor of Burwell. One major point that the majority touches upon is the fact that the statement “an exchange established by the state” is in fact an ambiguous statement. The ACA directed the Secretary for Health and Human Services to set up federal exchanges for any state that refuses to set one up. With the specific phrase “such exchange” to define the government's exchange program set up in Virginia means that federally and state run exchanges are interchangeable entities. Now that the phrase had been deemed ambiguous language, the next question to answer is, “whether one of the regulation's permissible meanings produces a substantive effect that

The case here at hand was argued October 5th of 1964. The issue was one that dealt with Ollie’s Barbecue and its owner Ollie McClung in Alabama and the refusal of black patrons coming inside to dine-in. Ollie’s only allowed take out to black customers, even though the majority of employees were black. With the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was handed down in July, Congress along with Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach were arguing that a clear violation of Title II of the Act was being committed by McClung. This case was close in distinction and timing of the Heart of Atlanta Motel case brought before the Supreme Court, as they were argued at the same time. “Section 201 (a) of Title II commands that all persons shall be entitled to

The landmark case of Plessy v. Ferguson is a Constitutional case in which it had to be decided who the constitution meant when it said "all men are created equal." Brown v. The Board of Education is the reason for diversity in schools. These cases are very important to our constitution and to the people being governed by the constitution because it decided the fate of our nation and of our people. They show the degree of federalism and how much attention the government devoted to it. The amendments in the constitution do not apply to a simple race nor ethnicity. Throughout history laws have been made and destroyed at the cost of colored

The term “separate but equal” has a long history in our country that affect many aspects of a colored person’s life. What it meant was that whites and colored technically had the same rights, (colored were no longer slaves) but they were still separate races, they weren’t the same group. This was established by the infamous Plessy vs Ferguson case, but also was backed up by black codes and it was strengthened with Jim Crow laws, education, real estates, redlining, and the hateful culture that created it in the first place. What help start and grow these beliefs of this system was the black codes.

The author, Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter of the article, “Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cake case” states, “The couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which ruled in their favor, citing a state anti-discrimination law.” This complaint was filed after Jack Phillips denied David Mullins and Charlie Craig their wish for a wedding cake. The complaint shows that the baker was violating the state’s law of anti-discrimination, which was wrong to do. The same author, Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter of the article, “Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cake case” states, “‘This case is about more than us, and it's not about cakes," Mullins said in an interview. "It's about the right of gay people to receive equal service.’”

Such as Tim McGraw states," Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it, no matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right but, you're certainly entitled to your opinion." In these cases, Loving versus Virginia , Shelly versus Kraemer, and Brown versus Board of education, it will show different people's opinions on things and it will explain how different color race weren't allowed to go to school with certain color people and such. It will also explain the freedoms that whites had that African Americans didn't. Many people have decisions on certain things, such as: Shelley vs. Kraemer case, Brown vs. Board of education case, and the Loving vs. Virginia case.

Assassinations, riots, and boycotting all led up to the society we have today. Whites and blacks were not allowed to be friends, class mates or even be around each other. They had separate things which listed whites only and blacks only. This included schools, railroad cars, and busses.Two key cases are Plessy v.s. Ferguson and Brown v.s. Board of Education. The majority and minority’s decisions for these two cases set precedent that will effect everyone in America. These landmark cases are closely related because they helped provide the true intent of the 13th and 14th amendment. In addition, Plessy v.s. Ferguson and Brown v.s. Board of Education effectively help revolutionize the interpretation of the 13th and 14th amendment.

To begin, the “Plessy V. Ferguson” case was an act of protest and how a one-eighth black man purchased a first class ticket and sat in a white reserved seat. You may think that this would not be a big deal because this man is only one eight black and seven eighths Caucasian, well this created so much controversy. Just because Homer

Because of a brave young girl and her father being bold enough to stand up for their rights by trying to apply the 14th Amendment this was all possible. “Linda Brown was born on February 20, 1942, in Topeka, Kansas. Because she was forced to travel a significant distance to elementary school due to racial segregation, her father was one of the plaintiffs in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, with the Supreme Court ruling in 1954 that school segregation was unlawful”("Linda Brown Biography," ). She was 8 years old at the time when all of this happened. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) worked along side with her and her father to seek justice for this case. People of color’s thoughts and feeling

In this case, the constitutional issue of interracial marriage was put into question. The case involved the appellants who were Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and her husband Richard Loving, a white man. The appellee was the state of Virginia. The case itself was argued on April 10, 1967, but was actually decided 2 months later on June 12, 1967. It mainly took place in Virginia. The issue started out when a young Mildred and Richard fell in love. They were both originally from Virginia and wanted to get married. However, at the time, the state made it a crime for a white person to marry someone of color. So the couple traveled to Washington D.C., where it was legal, for their wedding

When it comes to court cases, every case that is heard in court is heard for one reason or another.

The baker did not give a rejection on the basis of the Charging party's sexual orientation but, on his own religious beliefs. He refused because, "creating cakes for same-sex marriages would go against his...belief...taught in the bible" (McIntyre). His refusal to not make the cake for the same-sex couple is backed by the "First Amendment's guarantees of free speech and free religion exercise" which "he says prohibit Colorado from compelling him to make cakes that violate his conscience" (S.M.). He does not only exclude same-sex couple wedding

Stare Desis is Latin for “Standing by decided matter.” According to the Legal Dictionary, the doctrine of stare decisis also known as the precedent law, began in 12th century England, when King Henry II established the common law. According to stare decisis the decisions of a higher court, such as an appellate court, or Supreme Court become obligatory stare decisis, on lower courts which means that whatever the higher courts say is usually what the lower courts have to follow. It is a rare thing for the Supreme Court to overturn one of its own decisions that has been held as binding precedent. In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, when it looked at the case that allowed racial segregation in public facilities. This decision held stare decisis for nearly 60 years, until the case of Brown v. Board of Education was heard in 1953. Brown v. Board of Education was a case that took place 1951. In the case thirteen parents filed a civil law suit in U.S. District Court in Topeka, Kansas, regarding their 20 children. The plaintiffs, which is the parents of the children, demanded that the school district take away its policy of racial segregation that was set by the landmark case Plessy v. Ferguson which stated that the children would have separate facilities but would still be equal (which they never really were). After a long and unsuccessful road with the lower courts, the case was taken to the U.S.