He filed an amicus brief on Cato's behalf in support of Trinity Lutheran Church. (CNN) The Trinity Lutheran case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that a Missouri policy excluding church-run preschools from a particular grant program was unconstitutional, has always seemed like an easy one to me. After all, what happened here sounds awfully un-American: a church was denied a government benefit simply because it's a church. Masterpiece Cakeshop will make Trinity Lutheran look like the justices' kumbaya moment. It's telling that Justice Elena Kagan -- not exactly a stalwart right-winger -- joined the decision in full, and that Justice Breyer concurred in the judgment.

Source: CNN June 27, 2017 00:33 UTC