SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 27, 2023
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Billy Raymond Counterman, a Colorado man who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for stalking based on his Facebook messages. She canceled appearances, started to carry a gun, and eventually left Colorado for the east coast.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
I have the honor of speaking today at the Tenth Circuit judicial conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I will be part of a panel discussing the Supreme Court’s recent religious freedom cases and related First Amendment issues. Lucero of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In Kennedy v.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 29, 2021
The Tenth Circuit upheld the district court decision in favor of the IRS and its authority to conduct the audit. Thomas noted that in 2005 a fractured divided court ruled Gonzales v. Peter Hermes, Kevin Desilet, Samantha Murphy, and John Murphy refused to verify their tax liabilities because they feared criminal prosecution.
JonathanTurley
JULY 27, 2021
The Tenth Circuit decision reaffirms a growing conflict among the circuits and offers an especially strong case for the Court to consider such a major reframing of such conflicts. The Court disappointed many when it found an off-ramp in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. See supra, III.B.1.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Those words from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals about Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act may be some of the most honest but chilling words ever uttered in a federal opinion. The court ruled that a state could not only compel an artist to speak but could prevent that artist from speaking, too.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 30, 2023
Share The court handed a major victory to business owners who oppose same-sex marriage for religious reasons on Friday. He explained that Colorado cannot “force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance.”
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
An appeal is now expected to proceed and the matter could well end up in front of the Supreme Court. Last week, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in a similar case that Trump could not be removed from the primary ballot in that state. Another ruling is expected soon out of Colorado.
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