Overturning Smith, Church Autonomy, and Fair Treatment for Religious Colleges

September 2, 2025

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Episode Summary

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we examine religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. This week we discuss the following legal and policy updates:

1:13 A district court recently applied the Church Autonomy Doctrine to a fraud lawsuit against leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints;

11:42 A Christian baker's request to the Supreme Court to overturn the highly controversial Smith precedent after she was sued for declining to bake a cask celebrating a same-sex legal marriage;

20:09 A recent decision striking down Minnesota's discriminatory policy that excludes religious schools from a tuition reimbursement program.

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