Tag:First Amendment

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Disapproves of Ruling in Case Involving Counterman Analysis

The Colorado Court of Appeals found that a court had erroneously applied the Counterman standard to a stalking case.

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments Over TikTok Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of consolidated cases arguing the TikTok ban passed this year violates the First Amendment.

Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Rules Student Does Have Standing to Sue School COVID-19 Mask Mandate Punishments

The 10th Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit from a student who was punished for defying her school’s mask mandate.

Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Concludes a State Student Loan Authority is Not Immune to Suit

The 10th Circuit found that the state loan authority of Missouri was not an arm of the state entitled to 11th Amendment immunity.

When a Colorado Court Ruled that Journalists Couldn’t Speak to Someone

In 1982, two reporters at the Boulder Daily Camera found themselves on the wrong side of the law while covering a first-degree murder case.

Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Denies Preliminary Injunction for Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law

The 10th Circuit found that Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law is a regulation of professional conduct incidentally involving speech.

Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Former Athletic Director’s Religious Discrimination Claim

The 10th Circuit found that the former athletic director and assistant principal provided a plausible link between his termination and a discriminatory motive.

District Court Hears Suit Arguing that Colorado Campaign Contribution Limits are Unconstitutional

Three plaintiffs, represented by the Institute for Free Speech and Advance Colorado, are arguing to the district court that the current campaign contribution limits for gubernatorial candidates and General Assembly candidates are unconstitutional.