Barghout v. Bureau of Kosher Meat & Food Control

I agree with Judge Lay that the Baltimore City ordinance at issue in this case is unconstitutional. However, I believe the ordinance is invalid because it facially favors one sect of a faith over other sects of that faith, in violation of the most fundamental tenet of the Establishment Clause that the imprimatur of the state shall not directly or indirectly be placed upon one religious faith over another or upon one denomination of a faith over another. See Larson v. Valente, 456 U.S. 228, 246, 102 S.Ct. 1673, 1684, 72 L.Ed.2d 33 (1982); see also Allegheny County v. Greater Pittsburgh ACLU,…