ADF Lawyer Kate Anderson / Columnist Joy Overbeck – The Tami Jackson Show

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My first guest on the Tami Jackson Show* tonight will be Kate Anderson. Kate Anderson serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a key member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Since joining ADF in 2015, Anderson has focused on protecting the conscience rights of individuals being unjustly compelled to forfeit their beliefs under threat of government retaliation, heavy fines, or other punishment. In Country Mill Farms v. City of East Lansing, she has defended the constitutionally protected right of a farmer to express his beliefs without fear of losing his license to serve customers at the city’s farmer’s market. In 303 Creative v. Elenis and Amy Lynn Photography Studio v. City of Madison, Anderson has counseled creative professionals in pre-enforcement challenges to laws that would force them to promote messages contradicting their core beliefs. Her litigation practice has also included Privacy Matters v. United States Department of Education, one of several ADF challenges to the Obama-era federal mandate that denied students, parents, and community members the fundamental right to bodily privacy. Prior to joining ADF, Anderson was an associate attorney with Ellis, Li & McKinstry, PLLC, in Seattle, where she litigated both civil and criminal cases. She served on the trial team in Stormans v. Wiesman, a pivotal case in defense of freedom of conscience for pharmacists in the state of Washington. She also advised churches, religious organizations, and private schools on employment, church discipline, statutory and regulatory compliance, and other issues. Anderson obtained her law degree magna cum laude in 2009 from Gonzaga University School of Law, where she served on the Gonzaga Law Review. She also completed the ADF leadership development program to become a Blackstone Fellow. Anderson is admitted to the state bars of Arizona and Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court, and several federal district and appellate courts. Kate and I will be talking about two young artists Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski are fighting for their rights in the Arizona Court of Appeals. The current ordinance forces the artists to create content for same-sex weddings, which is against their religion. The longer they stand by their religion, the longer they extend their time behind bars. Their hearing today will determine whether the women can go back to their business or towards a jail cell. Read about the case, "What Happens in a State Court Doesn’t Stay in a State Court. Filing a lawsuit was not on Breanna Koski and Joanna Duka’s checklist when they began making preparations to open their own custom art studio, Brush & Nib. But facing jail time for running that business according to their faith was not really something they anticipated, either. You know when I have an ADF lawyer "in the house" we'll be talking precedent-setting law that should be important to all conservatives and Christians! ********************** My guest in the sceond half hour will be Joy Overbeck. Joy Overbeck is a Colorado journalist and author who has written on lifestyle and relationship topics for Redbook, Reader’s Digest, TV Guide, Woman’s Day, Health, and other national and regional magazines. She’s also written two humor books published by Pocket Books, Simon&Schuster. She describes herself as a radical conservative God fan who has delighted for the last several years in annoying libs with columns at Townhall.com, The Washington Times, The Daily Caller, American Thinker, and elsewhere. Other favorite forms of recreation include riding her Rocky Mountain mare, Gypsy, out into the wide open spaces of beautiful Colorado, skiing Vail, and enjoying her friends and her golden tabby, Tigger. Joy and I will be covering her recent column, "Are Teachers More Dangerous Than Mass Murderers?" as well as other current news topics. Joy is a woman after my own heart and has a passion for our nation and turning our culture away from Progressive socialism. Yes she has spunk! Which means you won't want to miss this conversation! Follow Joy Overbeck on Twitter at @JoyOverbeck1 and me at @tamij AND tweet your questions/comments during the show. *Sponsored by Camera Security Now, your premier source for surveillance and access control systems for business nationwide; by ROBAR® Companies, a True Custom firearms and firearms finishing shop located in Phoenix, AZ, and found online at RobarGuns.com; and by Dispatches, your site for the BEST conservative resources to fight and win the information war.