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Episode 170: Public Policy and Religious Exemptions Collide Again, and Again, at SCOTUS

March 18, 2025 • American Constitution Society • Episode 170

The Court is entering its final stretch of oral arguments for the 2024-2025 term and they will be hearing four important cases with significant First Amendment implications, particularly when it comes to the separation of church and state. Hirsh Joshi joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss the tension between public policy goals and religiously motivated exemptions in each of these cases.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Hirsh Joshi, Attorney and Patrick O’Reiley Legal Fellow, Freedom From Religion Foundation

Link: Episode 155: Livin' On a Prayer As States Push Church Into Classrooms featuring Elizabeth Cavell

Link: We Dissent Podcast

Link: Brief of the Freedom From Religion Foundation as Amicus Curiae in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission

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