constitutional law in business

CO1 Define the legal environment that is applicable to the business world.

CO2 Review basic business law concepts

CO3 Describe the litigation system in the United States.

Many businesses today, as corporate entities other than sole proprietorships, voice their political and social views in various ways.  Chick-fil-A is an example of a business that voiced prominent views on the issue of LGBTQ rights, a perception it since has tried to reverse. This news article briefly summarizes the . 

The subject of LGBTQ rights is an evolving issue of constitutional implications. Another business, a Colorado bakery, stepped into center ring of controversy asserting that First Amendment free exercise of religion must be recognized by the government in the application of discrimination laws.

QUESTION FOR THIS FORUM DISCUSSION: When does the First Amendment’s  justify a discriminatory business practice?

In forming your discussion, READ and COMPARE: , 138 S.Ct. 1718 (2018). Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. (a small bakery, whose owner refused to create and sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple for their wedding because their homosexual marriage was against his religious beliefs) and , Case No. 91615-2 (Wash., June 6, 2019)(florist claimed right to deny flowers to same-sex wedding for reason of religion).