From WNYC Studios, it's Brian Lair, a daily politics podcast. It's Monday, June 27th.

Now the religious liberty case for abortion rights and a new church and state ruling that came down from the Supreme Court

this morning. A progressive synagogue, this is the religious liberty argument, congregation

La Dorvador in Palm Beach County, Florida, has filed a complaint against the state of Florida.

In Jewish law, the suit holds people are allowed to seek abortions and government bans clash with their beliefs.

The complaint filed asked for a religious exemption from such restrictions.

The decision this morning, well, of course, after the decisions last week, with major implications for health care, reproductive rights,

and the separation of church

and state, among other rights and issues. The Supreme Court this morning sided with a high school

football coach who had been barred by his public school district from praying on the field

after games. The opinion delivered by Neil Gorsuch says the Bremerton Washington School District

violated coach Joseph Kennedy's rights to free speech and free exercise of religion by forbidding him

to pray on the 50-yard line. It was a 6-3 ruling with three usual liberal judges dissenting. So we'll get into both things now

with Micah Schwartzman, Professor and the Director of the Carr Center for Law and Democracy

at the University of Virginia School of Law. Thanks for joining us this Monday morning, Professor

Schwartzman. Welcome to WNYC.

Thanks so much for having me.

Tell us more about Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.

What was the case, and how did they rule?

The case was about a football coach in Bramerton, Washington, who was fired from his job because he refused to follow the school district's

policy, which forbids school officials from engaging in public prayer and encouraging their

students to participate in it.

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