It is a wonderful thing to see federal courts protect religious liberty. That’s what the courts are doing in the famous cases of Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips, against whom Colorado officials continue to press a vendetta because he refuses to produce cakes in favor of ceremonies that contradict his Christian faith.

The U.S. Supreme Court effectively ruled in Phillips’ favor last June when he challenged attempts by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, or CCRC, to punish him for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. Unwilling to accept the rebuke, the CCRC shortly thereafter tried to punish Phillips again, this time for declining to make a cake celebrating the anniversary of a person’s gender transition. Phillips sued to stop this harassment by the commission, and the commissioners filed a motion asking for his suit to be dismissed.