The Broader Implications of Masterpiece Cakeshop

Date

2019

Citation

Douglas Laycock, The Broader Implications of <em>Masterpiece Cakeshop</em>, 2019 Brigham Young University Law Review, 167–204 (2019).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Douglas Laycock

Constitutional Law and Legal History

Center for the First Amendment

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