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81-year-old angler angered by Colorado Supreme Court ruling vows new fight for freedom to wade

The fight for public freedom to wade in Colorado rivers is getting gnarlier, with fishermen mulling civil disobedience, following a high court ruling this month that, if judges stand by it on Friday, bolsters the state’s position that riverbeds can be private property.

The Denver Post

Conservatives go to red states, Democrats to blue as the country grows more polarized

Colorado and Idaho represent two different poles of state-level political homogenization

The Independent UK

Severe Weather Threatens Rockies To Midwest: Tornadoes, Hail, And Wind

Residents brace for consecutive days of severe thunderstorms, as storms target multiple states.

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Supreme Court opens the door to gut civil rights, fair housing laws

Substitute “African American” for “LGBT+” in the case of Colorado web designer Lorie Smith, and you’ve got a return to the bad old days of Jim Crow when so many alleged Christians insisted their religion required separation of the races, a lawyer writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

What heat dome? They're still skiing in Colorado

Colorado's big winter means there's still enough snow to ski and snowboard on this Fourth of July weekend.

WEKU

Goldilocks and the Four Non-Originalists

Counterman v. Colorado was a throwback to a different era.

Reason

Dodgers place Clayton Kershaw on injured list with shoulder soreness

The Dodgers' lengthy injury list added its biggest name yet Monday, with Clayton Kershaw officially being sidelined because of a shoulder injury that occurred during a start in Colorado last week.

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U.S. Supreme Court Protects Christian Designer’s Religious Freedom In Website Case

Colorado anti-discrimination law challenged as court rules against compelling speech.

Zenger

Millions Of Americans At Risk Of Severe Thunderstorms On July Fourth

Independence Day could be a volatile one across the central, southern and eastern United States as the atmosphere looks primed to produce rounds of severe thunderstorms on Tuesday, AccuWeather meteorologists warn

Zenger

Legitimacy of 'customer' in Supreme Court gay rights case raises ethical, legal flags

A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples pointed during her lawsuit to a request from a man named “Stewart” and his husband-to-be

The Independent UK

What Will 303 Creative Mean for Social Media Regulation?

If you can't force a web designer to serve a gay wedding, can you force a web platform to serve a politician?

Reason

The Colorado website designer's win is one of dozens of federal cases where religious beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have clashed – and the pattern might not be what you think

Does a Colorado designer’s belief that marriage is between one man and one woman merit an exemption to state law barring discrimination against LGBTQ+ people? On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that the answer is yes: Requiring a conservative Christian business owner to create wedding websites for…

The Conversation

Designer in Supreme Court ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request

A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday could refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples cited a request from a man who says he never asked to work with her.

WEKU

A business can decline service based on its beliefs, Supreme Court rules – but what will this look like in practice?

At issue in one of this year’s most highly anticipated Supreme Court cases, 303 Creative v. Elenis, was what happens when someone’s free speech or beliefs conflict with others’ rights. Specifically, 303 Creative addressed whether a Colorado anti-discrimination law can require a designer who believes marriage is only between a…

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The Independent UK

Web designer in Supreme Court gay rights ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request

A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled could refuse to make a wedding website for gay couples had cited a request from a man who says he never asked to work with her

The Independent UK

Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling

A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work on wedding websites for same-sex couples has LGBTQ+ people across the country worried about broader consequences

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules Christian web designer can turn away business related to same-sex weddings

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that conservative Christians have a free-speech right to refuse to provide some business services for same-sex marriages, even in states like California where civil rights laws forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Reason

Colorado Can't Force a Graphic Designer To Create Same-Sex Wedding Websites, Supreme Court Rules

The decision reverses a terrible previous decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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The Independent UK

The ‘fake’ gay marriage case in the middle of the Supreme Court’s latest threat to LGBT+ rights

How did a straight, married man get in the middle of the high-stakes case?

WEKU

Read Justice Sotomayor's dissent in same-sex wedding website case

Justice Sonia Sotomayor read an impassioned dissent from the bench in a case where a majority of justices sided with a Colorado web designer who refused to create websites for same-sex weddings.

Kiplinger

Gas Taxes Increase July 4th Weekend in These States

Gas taxes are rising in several states as of July 1. Do you live in or plan to travel to one of them?

Reason

S. Ct. Holds That Speech Creators (e.g., Web Designers) Can't Be Required to Create Content They Object to,

including when the requirement is imposed by antidiscrimination laws, for instance when such laws require web site designers who create opposite-sex wedding sites create same-sex wedding sites.

Al Jazeera

US top court deals blow to LGBTQ rights in web designer case

Supreme Court sides with business owner who refused to provide services for same-sex wedding, citing freedom of speech.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples

The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics.

Ballotpedia

Voters in seven states have decided on 10 affirmative action ballot measures

Voters in seven states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Washington — have decided on 10 ballot measures related to affirmative action policies.

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