The Napa Legal Podcast

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious freedom from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this guest episode, David Cortman from the Alliance Defending Freedom joins Napa Legal's Frank DeVito and Joseph Clement to discuss the complex issues surrounding religious freedom in public schools. We explore how the history, tradition, and laws of the United States all wo...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. This week Frank DeVito and Joseph Clement discuss the following legal and policy updates: 0:55 The Fifth Circuit's recent decision in favor a Baptist organization that invoked the Church Autonomy Doctrine; 14:09 A new law in California that expands who is allowed to make medica...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this week's episode, Frank DeVito and Joseph Clement discuss the following updates.1:13 A Christian mom is appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to bring her daughter with her to Church services. Her request comes after a lower court ruled that her Protestant church could...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty through the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. This week Joseph Clement is joined by guest host David Kolenda (GCP 2024 Fellow) to discuss the following legal and policy updates: 1:36 Two parents are appealing to the Supreme Court after a public school refused to disclose conversations that staff had with their young daughte...

Welcome to the Napa Legal podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this week's episode, Frank DeVito and Joseph Clement discuss the following policy and legal updates: 1:06 A Christian physician assistant's lawsuit against her former employer who allegedly fired her over her religious beliefs; 10:40 A pending bill that would promote tra...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we examine religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. This week we discuss the following legal and policy updates: 1:13 A district court recently applied the Church Autonomy Doctrine to a fraud lawsuit against leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; 11:42 A Christian baker's request to the Supreme Court to over...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this week's episode, we discuss: 1:34 A new Presidential Executive Order that combats debanking based on religious or political beliefs; 15:34 What happened when a public school district opened its doors to everyone but a Christian nonprofit; 24:06 An update on a lawsuit ove...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based non-profits. In this week's episode, we'll cover: 1:40 The most recent ruling Little Sisters of the Poor case, where the Catholic nuns are seeking an exemption from a requirement that employers provide contraceptives and abortifacients through their health insurance plans; 21:42 An Ark...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we examine religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this week's episode, we discuss the following legal and policy updates.1:02 A federal circuit court's recent ruling to apply the ministerial exception to a customer service representative at a Christian nonprofit;14:02 A court's decision to allow a Catholic medical c...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we examine religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this week's episode, we discuss the following legal and policy updates. 1:21 A lawsuit in Pennsylvania over religious discrimination in children's sports; 8:43 A federal agency's recent decision to allow religious organizations access to emergency disaster funding; 1...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this guest episode, Frank DeVito is joined by ADF's Suzanne Beecher. They discuss two upcoming Supreme Court cases that will determine the future of women's sports and sex-based distinctions in athletic competitions. Tags: West Virginia v. B.P.J., Hecox v. Little, Title IX. The Napa Legal Podcast, July 31, 2025.

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss:1:09 A court ruling against Washington’s law that attempted to force clergy to either abandon their faith or face fines and imprisonment; 11:25 Mississippi’s MAMA program that offers support to young families; 17:08 The recent decision of several major hospitals and hospital networks to stop performing “transgender surgeries...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this guest episode with Nathan Berkeley, the Religious Freedom Institute's (RFI) Associate Vice President of US Strategies and Communications, we discuss how assisted suicide negatively impacts religious liberty. Tags: PAS, physician assisted suicide, medical conscience rights, free exercise, freedom of religion. The Napa Legal Podcast, July 24, 2025.

Welcome to the Napa Legal podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss: 1:45 A settlement in a dispute between Camp IdRaHaJe and Colorado officials over the state's requirement that all summer camps permit campers of the opposite sex to share private spaces; 12:15 An ongoing lawsuit over whether or not students at private universities in Virginia obtaining religious degrees are eligible for...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss: 0:45 clarifying the conversation about the IRS's recent statements in a joint motion regarding the Johnson Amendment and if religious leaders are able to endorse political candidates during religious activities; 22:53 A new Supreme Court case involving a street preacher who was fined after sharing his faith near a city...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss several of the Supreme Court's most impactful cases for religious liberty in this previous term. We'll also preview two upcoming cases in the next term that the Supreme Court has already agreed to hear.1:50 St. Isidore v. Drummond 6:30 Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Department of Labor 16:10 Mahmoud v. Taylor...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss: 2:10 The US Supreme Court's recent ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood , a case over whether or not states can refuse Medicaid funding to the nation's largest abortion provider; 20:20 A new HHS investigation into a major medical provider over its potentially illegal treatment of a nurse who requested religious ex...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss:1:31 The US Supreme Court's recent ruling on whether or not a Tennessee law banning "transgender procedures" for minors violates the Constitution; 9:27 The US Supreme Court's order to a New York court to revisit an abortion exemption in light of the recent Catholic Charities case; 20:40 A New York bill that...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss: 1:41 A new law in Nevada that protects the privacy of donors, volunteers, and members of nonprofits; 9:32 A current legal battle after a NY public school "socially transitioned" a seventh-grade against her parents' wishes, all the while lying to them about what was ocurring; 25:03 A case in Florida over whether or not the city...

Welcome to the Napa Legal podcast! In this special guest episode with Notre Dame Law Professor Vincent Muñoz and Napa Legal's summer fellow Kathleen Farnan, we discuss the origins and history of religious freedom in the United States. Tags: Founding fathers, originalism, First Amendment, jurisprudence. The Napa Legal Podcast, June 11, 2025.

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss:0:40 The US Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in favor of Catholic Charities; 11:12 A group of Christian parents' attempt to combat a state law that makes it impossible for them to foster children solely because of their faith; 22:10 HHS recission of guidelines that required hospitals to perform "emergency"...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss: 0:33 The implications of the Supreme Court's decision not to hear the appeal of a coalition of Native American Apache tribes to protect their site of worship from a mining company; 17:14 A lawsuit in Colorado over whether or not a sport's apparel company can refer to men and women as such; 28:04 A Christian photogra...

Welcome to the Napa Legal podcast! In this guest episode with Becket Law's VP and Senior Counsel Luke Goodrich, we discuss the principles of religious liberty and why they matter, particularly in light of the Apache Stronghold case. While the Supreme Court decided not to take up the appeal, this provides an excellent case study on why religious freedom matters in the United States, and how con...

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss the following religious liberty updates: 0:38 A California law that prevented disabled children of faith from attending schools that could best serve their needs; 13:02 A Florida court case over the role of parents in their children's decisions about abortion; 25:43 The US Supreme Court's ruling on the landmark St. I...

Establishment of Religion? Free Exercise? State Actors? Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast! In this special guest episode, Napa Legal's Senior Counsel and Director of Content Frank DeVito discusses the implications of the First Amendment in the St. Isidore of Seville v. Drummond Supreme Court Case with experienced attorney Chris Schandevel. Tags: Constitutional law, Bill of Rights, school choic...