Public Advocate On A Roll-- Back at the Supreme Court Defending Relgious Liberty
For Immediate Release: May 11 2022 11:00 AM EST
THIS
IS
THE
SUPREME
COURT
BRIEF
FILED
LAST
OCTOBER
ASKING
FOR
CONSIDERATION.
Eugene Degaudio, president of Public Advocate announced new legal actions at the Supreme Court shortly.
BACKGROUND ON PUBLIC ADVOCATE LEGAL ACTION
Delgaudio explained: "In February 2022, there were some new developments in the 303 Creative Case before the Supreme Court.
Public Advocate filed an amicus brief in this case, at Supreme Court urging SCOTUS to grant cert on October 28, 2021."
Delgaudio said:
"The
U.S.
Supreme
Court
"grant
of
cert"
gives
Public
Advocate,
and
others,
permission
to
defend
303
Creative
relgious
liberty
issues
"on
the
merits"
and
states
--
"Petition
GRANTED
limited
to
the
following
question:
Whether
applying
a
public-accommodation
law
to
compel
an
artist
to
speak
or
stay
silent
violates
the
Free
Speech
Clause
of
the
First
Amendment."
PUBLIC ADVOCATE AMICUS BRIEF ON THE MERITS BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW.
Our
amicus
brief
on
the
merits
WAS
due
in
45
days
from
February
but
got
an
extension
which
is
due
JUNE
2,
2022
to
argue
to
the
Court.
It
is
a
very
important
argument
to
this
question:
(repeating)
"Whether
applying
a
public-accommodation
law
to
compel
an
artist
to
speak
or
stay
silent
violates
the
Free
Speech
Clause
of
the
First
Amendment."
Public
Advocate
bluntly
argues
broadly
in
our
petition
for
"Cert"
and
will
argue
bluntly
and
broadly
in
our
Amicus
Brief
on
the
Merits
about
to
be
filed.
Quote
from
October
28
2021
filing:
"Historically,
the
doctrine
of
Public
Accommodation
was
limited
to
narrow
class
of
businesses
in
public
callings
-
not
all
businesses
open
to
the
public.
The
regulation
of
the
operation
of
private
businesses
by
the
state
is
a
characteristic
of
Fascism."
and
"THE
TENTH
CIRCUIT
SANCTIONED
THE
DESTRUCTION
OF
THE
FREE
SPEECH
AND
FREE
EXERCISE
CONSTITUTIONAL
PROTECTIONS
OF
CHRISTIAN
BUSINESSES,
IN
SERVICE
TO
A
POWERFUL
LGBTQ
POLITICAL
LOBBY."
Public
Advocate
takes
the
position
that
any
harrassment
of
peaceful
and
private
Christian
business
is
a
violation
of
the
First
Amendment
and
PA
is
one
of
the
few
groups
consistently
bringing
this
argument
in
such
blunt
language,
"
said
Delgaudio.