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Boom! Lawyered

Bakers and Bare Breasts Will Determine the Limits of Free Speech

Boom! Lawyered

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4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jess and Imani discuss protected speech, expressive conduct, going topless as protest speech, and whether or not you can refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex couple and call it "free speech." They also explain the convoluted process by which cases make it to the U.S. Supreme Court and read the latest listener reviews.

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0:00.0

Two, three, four.

0:05.8

Two, three, four.

0:08.0

Hello, fellow law nerds.

0:09.6

Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyard, a rewire radio podcast hosted by the journalism team that believes the children are our future.

0:17.8

Teach them well and let them lead the way.

0:20.0

I'm Imani Gandy. And I'm Jess

0:22.5

Kiklo. Rewire.Dot News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights and social

0:28.7

justice news analysis and commentary on the web. And the team legal podcast is part of that mission.

0:34.6

So thank you all for subscribing and listening. So we told you the First

0:38.2

Amendment was hot right now and we were not kidding. We really weren't. We talked about it in our very

0:43.4

first episode, which you should absolutely listen to. Like right now, seriously, what are you doing here?

0:49.2

Go do it. We'll still be here when you get back. Um, Amani, it's a pre-recorded podcast,

0:56.2

so we won't actually still be here. Hey, I might still be here. You get back. Um, Amani, it's a pre-recorded podcast, so we won't actually still be here.

1:00.3

Hey, I might still be here. You don't know my life. I could be a ghost in the machine.

1:06.8

A ghost in the machine. What? A ghost in the machine, Jessica. Oh my God. Okay, Amani.

1:20.6

So, all right, this episode, we're going to talk about free speech, expressive conduct, going topless as protest speech, and whether or not you can refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex couple and call that free speech too.

1:24.0

Oh, and we're going to answer listener questions, so stay tuned. All right, so we've got another big First Amendment fight at the Supreme Court.

1:32.4

On December 5th, the court's going to hear arguments in Masterpiece Cake Shop.

1:36.2

This is a case out of Colorado where a baker has refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex

1:40.6

couple.

1:41.5

He's arguing the First Amendment protects his right to turn the couple away.

1:45.2

Basically, the guy argued that if he was forced to serve gay customers, it would be the same

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