I am thrilled to be able to share that I have joined the @EPPCdc, where I will be a fellow helping to lead their HHS Accountability Project and working on a range of projects protecting and strengthening religious liberty.

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1/4 With this move, I left @Lewis_Roca at the end of the year. LR was a great place to practice law for nearly 9 years. I am grateful for all I learned from and accomplished with my colleagues there, and look forward to future opportunities to partner together.

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There have been a lot of misleading claims made by #ReligiousFreedom proponents in favor of the #RespectForMarriageAct. Two stand out to me as most troubling: First, it's claimed that relig. groups should be glad that RFMA, with the Collins' Am., affirms that people who believe in traditional marriage are "reasonable and sincere" and their convictions are "based on decent and honorable religious...premises."

Good news, right?

Thanks to @SCOTUSblog, @NelsonTebbe, and Eric Citron for this discussion about the Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.

I have a few follow up questions.... shar.es/aH879J These cases presume there is a compelling government interest in providing women with access to contraception, even though Congress has on more than two dozen occasions rejected legislation to create such a mandate, most recently in the wake of the 2014 Hobby Lobby decision...

We should hold #SCOTUS to a high bar. But before that, we should hold it to a low bar.

Low bar: the Court's q's at oral arg & its written opinions should show a basic familiarity with the underlying law and written briefs.

#SCOTUS has failed this low bar in the mandate cases. Ex. 1: In last week's oral argument, J. Sotomayor expressed surprise that the Little Sisters have a "church plan" that is exempt from ERISA:

"that's an interesting point. I didn't know that." (see linked transcript at pp 76-77).

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