Human Rights Campaign representatives held a brief press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court prior to delivering an amicus brief in support of equality and gay couples in the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, on Monday, October 30, 2017.
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement at the end of the 2017-2018 U.S. Supreme Court term, capping a momentous year teeming with big cases and surprise decisions. This term, the justices punted on some matters, issuing more narrow rulings than many observers anticipated. In other instances, the high court affirmed the president’s travel ban, limited class actions among workers and opened a wide door to sports gambling, just to name a few of the monumental rulings. We look back at what the justices said in 10 of the term’s most consequential decisions.
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
