Colorado, Supreme Court and First Amendment
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The Supreme Court’s decisions are unanimous or near-unanimous almost half the time, and one area where there is often cross-ideological agreement is the First Amendment. On Tuesday that consensus was on display as an 8-1 majority ruled against Colorado’s attempt to restrict what therapists can say to their minor clients about sex and gender.
In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court, holding that a Vermont police officer is entitled to qualified […]
Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the ...
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Sonia Sotomayor complains as Supreme Court colleagues knock back First Amendment case
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tore into her colleagues — and the lower courts — for failing to protect the rights of a citizen journalist who was arrested in Texas for reporting on information a government official willingly handed over.
Theodore Boutrous is with us now to talk more about this. He is an attorney who has represented many news organizations and matters involving the First Amendment. And I do want to note that his clients include NPR in its case challenging the Trump ...