Tag: Free Speech
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FCC overreach, Dem double standard on free speech | Jimmy Sengenberger
On Sunday, tens of thousands packed an Arizona stadium for a memorial service honoring conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk. From his widow, Erika, to President Donald Trump, they mourned a prominent 31-year-old who’d been assassinated for exercising his right to free speech, enshrined in the First Amendment. Kirk was known for taking the battle…
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Gender ideology’s attack on Colorado’s free speech
In my youth, the greatest culture war issues were abortion and same-sex marriage. While these are two very distinct issues, the left made great progress on both by convincing many Americans, especially in my Millennial generation, that theirs was the “live-and-let-live” position. Today, questions about gender identity and ideology are often thrown in with these…
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Appliance trade group appeals Colorado gas stove warning label law in federal court
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A trade organization representing gas stove manufacturers filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the state over a requirement that gas stoves sold at retail have a yellow sticker warning buyers of the purported health risks of using natural gas for cooking. The…
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Federal judge says he will not recuse from trans athlete case over courtroom pronoun policy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews on Monday denied a request that he recuse himself from a lawsuit about transgender athletes’ participation, rejecting the argument that his courtroom protocols on the use of pronouns meant he had “prejudged” the case. Last week, attorneys challenging…
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Pueblo school district for censoring Facebook commenter
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A federal judge last week agreed a man whose critical comments were allegedly removed from Pueblo School District 60’s Facebook page may sue the district for a violation of his First Amendment rights. James Erb filed suit in October alleging that he read a news story in May 2024 about three high school students who graduated…
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Federal judge dismisses retaliation claim against Jeffco district, allows claim against blogger
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A federal judge has dismissed an attorney’s retaliation claim against her former employer, a special district based in Lakewood, while at the same time permitting the lawyer’s defamation claim against a blogger to proceed. Mary Joanne “Jo” Deziel Timmins sued the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District after it fired her in the summer of 2021.…
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Masterpiece Cakeshop violated anti-discrimination law again, Colorado appeals court finds
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For the second time in nearly eight years, Colorado’s second-highest court has agreed Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. violated the state’s antidiscrimination law by refusing to sell a cake to an LGBTQ customer. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded the store’s owner, Jack Phillips, ran afoul of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) when he…
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10th Circuit finds no merit to First Amendment claims of Northglenn mosque protestor
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed Wednesday that a man convicted of violating a sidewalk obstruction ordinance while holding an “Islam Kills” sign outside a Northglenn mosque failed to show his First Amendment rights were violated. Richard Roy Blake filed a federal lawsuit…
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Colorado appeals to history, tradition in defending anti-discrimination law to SCOTUS
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Colorado is set to defend its anti-discrimination law before the nation’s highest court, filing a brief on Friday that pushes back against a Christian website designer’s refusal to provide her services for same-sex weddings. The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term will hear the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which asks whether Colorado…
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10th Circuit reinstates Colorado high school student’s First Amendment lawsuit over anti-Semitic ‘joke’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Cherry Creek High School student has credibly alleged school officials violated his First Amendment rights when they expelled him for an offensive social media post, the federal appeals court based in Denver decided on Wednesday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the…