Mark Satta on Masterpiece Cakeshop & Queer Rights

In this episode, Mark Satta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law at Wayne State University, discusses his new book, "Let Them Buy Cake: Gay Weddings and the Coordinated Campaign against Queer Rights," which will be published by Oxford University Press. Satta begins by describing what happened in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. 617 (2018), and related litigation that followed it. He explains why these cases are so important and what they tell us about the rule of law in a liberal, democratic society. And he places them in historical context, identifying the broader ideological dispute they reflect and what they can tell us about First Amendment doctrine. Satta is on Twitter and Bluesky.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Professor of Law at Tulane University School of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye and on Bluesky at @brianlfrye.bsky.social.

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