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“Coercive Control”: Parents Could Lose Custody Under Proposed Colorado Law for “Misgendering”

JonathanTurley

Now, Colorado is poised to pass a law that would threaten the custody rights of parents who “deadname” or “misgender” their own children. Notably, the Supreme Court will now be considering a Colorado case involving a ban on counselors offering “conversion therapy” for children.

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Looking Back at the Biggest Constitutional Law Decisions of 2023

Constitutional Law Reporter

Constitutional law took center stage in many U.S. Elenis that the First Amendment prohibited Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees. Supreme Court and the New Jersey Supreme Court cases decided in 2023. A divided Court held in 303 Creative LLC v.

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Federal Court Enjoins “Assault Gun” Ban in Boulder County, Colorado

JonathanTurley

As various states move to pass controversial new gun control laws after the decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, one such law was just enjoined by a federal court in Colorado. In Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Superior , District Judge Raymond P.

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The Maine Event That Wasn’t: Bellows Fails Again to Force a Ruling on Disqualification

JonathanTurley

With other states like Massachusetts ruling this week against disqualification , Colorado will remain the outlier as the only state supreme court willing to embrace this dangerous and anti-democratic theory. In the meantime, over half of the states have now filed to denounce this theory and ask the Supreme Court to reverse Colorado.

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Supreme Court Clarifies First Amendment Test for True Threats

Constitutional Law Reporter

Colorado , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. 18–3–602(1)(c), a Colorado statute making it unlawful to “[r]epeatedly. Following Colorado law, the trial court rejected that argument under an objective standard, finding that a reasonable person would consider the messages threatening. The Colorado Supreme Court denied review.

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Turley Speaks at Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference

JonathanTurley

I have the honor of speaking today at the Tenth Circuit judicial conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I will be joined by two distinguished academics: Professor Elizabeth Sepper, University of Texas at Austin School of Law and Professor John Yoo, University of California Berkeley School of Law.

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SCOTUS Ends Oral Arguments for 2024 With Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Eagle County, Colorado : The case involves how to interpret the Courts prior decision in Department of Transportation v. The post SCOTUS Ends Oral Arguments for 2024 With Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Public Citizen , 541 U.S.

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