Tag:First Amendment
News
Legal Literacy’s Impact on Access to Justice
A recent survey shows Americans’ awareness of the legal system has increased, though advocates say legal literacy is still a barrier to entry.
Access-to-justice advocates...
Courts
10th Circuit Hears Arguments in LGBT Discrimination Case
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 16 heard a First Amendment challenge to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act that takes up many of...
Courts
10th Circuit Hears Case on First Amendment and LGBT Discrimination
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday will hear oral arguments in a case that, like the Masterpiece Cakeshop lawsuit, involves a Colorado...
Courts
Supreme Court Rules State Constitution Requires Petition Signatures In-Person
The Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the judgment of the Denver District Court in an appeal addressing whether the governor was authorized under...
Features
DOJ Files Statement of Interest in Colorado Church Freedom of Religion Claim
The Department of Justice on May 29 filed a statement of interest in Colorado federal court “supporting the First Amendment religious freedom claims” of...
Courts
State Supreme Court Reverses Judgment on ‘True Threat’ Twitter Case
The Colorado Supreme Court further defined the limits of free speech in social media in an opinion released June 1.
The majority opinion, penned by...
Courts
10th Circuit Blocks Castle Rock’s Solicitation Curfew
Castle Rock residents might not like getting visits from door-to-door salespeople after dinner, but the town can’t enforce its 7 p.m. curfew for solicitors,...
Courts
Colorado Supreme Court Interprets Jury Tampering Law
In a case over jury tampering charges, the Colorado Supreme Court split the baby between the competing legal interpretations proposed by each side.
In one...
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