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Colorado Court Dismisses Suit Against Baker Who Wouldn’t Make a Cake for Trans Woman

Justices dismissed the case on procedural grounds and declined to weigh in on the free speech issues that brought the case national attention.

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Colorado Justices Consider a Cake’s Meaning in a Transgender Discrimination Case

The Colorado Supreme Court took Tuesday’s oral arguments in the transgender celebration cake case under advisement without ruling right away.

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Baker Phillips speaks with the media following oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington

Colorado Supreme Court To Hear Arguments in Transgender Cake Case

The baker, Jack Phillips, has maintained that the cakes he creates are a form of speech protected under the First Amendment.

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Colorado Supreme Court Bans Trump From the State’s Ballot Under Insurrection Clause

The decision marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.

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Colorado Justices Appear Skeptical of Court’s Ability To Remove Trump From Ballot

Dozens of lawsuits to keep Trump off the ballot have been filed across the country. None have succeeded, but the Colorado case is seen by legal experts as among the most significant.

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Colorado Court Upholds Search of Google Keyword History to Identify Arson Suspects

Critics say the approach creates a digital dragnet that threatens people’s privacy and constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

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Baker Phillips speaks with the media following oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington

Colorado High Court to Hear Case Against Christian Baker Who Refused to Make Gender Transition Cake

Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday it will hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.

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Colorado Supreme Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Lawyer Disciplinary Rule

A Colorado rule prohibiting lawyers from referring to individuals during a legal process with language exhibiting bias or animus on the basis of sexual orientation does not violate the First Amendment, the state’s high court has ruled. The ruling came in the case of an attorney who was disciplined for calling a judge a “gay, fat, fag.”  

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