Tag: free speech
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FCC overreach, Dem double standard on free speech | Jimmy Sengenberger
On Sunday, tens of thousands packed an Arizona stadium for a memorial service honoring conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk. From his widow, Erika, to President Donald Trump, they mourned a prominent 31-year-old who’d been assassinated for exercising his right to free speech, enshrined in the First Amendment. Kirk was known for taking the battle…
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FCC overreach, Dem double standard on free speech | Jimmy Sengenberger
On Sunday, tens of thousands packed an Arizona stadium for a memorial service honoring conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk. From his widow, Erika, to President Donald Trump, they mourned a prominent 31-year-old who’d been assassinated for exercising his right to free speech, enshrined in the First Amendment. Kirk was known for taking the battle…
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Federal judge says he will not recuse from trans athlete case over courtroom pronoun policy
U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews on Monday denied a request that he recuse himself from a lawsuit about transgender athletes’ participation, rejecting the argument that his courtroom protocols on the use of pronouns meant he had “prejudged” the case. Last week, attorneys challenging a policy of the Colorado Springs-based Mountain West Conference alleged they…
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2 appeals judges warn of diverging interpretations to Colorado’s free speech protection law
Two members of Colorado’s second-highest court warned in separate cases on Thursday that they believe judges are drifting away from the legislature’s directive for evaluating whether defamation lawsuits should be dismissed under a 2019 law designed to protect free speech. More than two years ago, Judges Ted C. Tow III and Michael H. Berger were…
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Federal judge eases path for plaintiffs to hold Denver liable for 2020 protest response
A federal judge last month reversed course on her previous decision and ruled a group of one dozen plaintiffs who were injured during the police response to Denver protests can hold the city liable for failing to train its officers on the use of chemical weapons and projectiles. Last March, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y.…
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Federal judge allows inmate to challenge prison’s confiscation of allegedly dangerous book
A federal judge has permitted an incarcerated man to challenge prison officials’ decision to withhold a book that allegedly depicted or encouraged disruption. Rodney C. Hamrick is incarcerated at the Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, also known as “supermax” or “ADX.” In 2022, the warden rejected two books Hamrick received, both of which were written…
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Federal judge green-lights trial over arrest of protester at Denver mayor’s 2019 inauguration
A federal judge indicated on Monday that it is a jury’s role to decide whether Denver police officers violated a woman’s rights by arresting her for disrupting the inauguration ceremony of then-Mayor Michael Hancock in 2019. U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez found the officers had not performed a clearly unconstitutional seizure of Caryn…
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Colorado Supreme Court dodges constitutional question, dismisses latest Masterpiece Cakeshop case on procedural grounds
The Colorado Supreme Court, by 4-3, declined on Tuesday to address the high-profile issue of a Christian baker’s refusal to make a cake for a customer celebrating a gender transition, instead concluding the case was not properly filed in the first place. Previously, a trial judge and the state’s Court of Appeals found Masterpiece Cakeshop, owned…