Tag:First Amendment

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.

Court Opinions: Colorado Court of Appeals Holds Compelled Speech Requirement Violated First Amendment

The Colorado Court of Appeals found that the registered agent disclosure requirement in the Fair Campaign Practices Act violated the First Amendment.

Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Grants Trump Immunity for ‘Official Acts’

The Supreme Court granted Trump broad immunity in his official capacity, but left it to the lower courts to decide the line between official and unofficial acts in many instances.

Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules ‘Gratuities’ to State, Local Officials Aren’t a Crime to Accept

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that an illegal gratuity payment of $13,000 was made to a local official in Indiana.