Conservative members of the Supreme Court on Monday signaled support for a Colorado web designer who claims the First Amendment shields her from having to provide services for same-sex weddings in violation of her conscience. For more than two hours of argument, the court explored whether Colorado's anti-discrimination law would violate the free speech rights of Christian web designer Lorie Smith by requiring that she create sites both for opposite-sex unions and gay weddings despite her religious objection to same-sex marriage. Lawyers defending Colorado's civil rights law faced difficult questions from the court's conservatives, with several inquiries focused on how a win for Colorado could burden free expression either by forcing particular speech or by chilling it. Smith filed a preemptive lawsuit in 2016 to block Colorado's civil rights law from being enforced against her. The state's statute, known as a public accommodation law, makes it illegal for businesses that serve the general public to discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics such as sexual orientation, with fines of up to $500 for each violation. Smith argued Colorado's law infringes on First Amendment free speech protections by compelling businesspeople to engage in speech that violates their beliefs. She lost two rounds in the lower courts, prompting her appeal to the Supreme Court. Read more here. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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🤫 White House calls on GOP lawmakers to reject Trump' comments
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The White House has called on Republican lawmakers in Congress to reject former President Trump's rhetoric saying parts of the Constitution should be disregarded to allow him to return to power. |
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📜 Trump insists he doesn't want to 'terminate' Constitution
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Trump on Monday insisted he does not want to "terminate" the Constitution, responding to broad backlash after he said over the weekend its rules and laws should be disregarded so he can return to the White House. |
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🦠 CDC director urges vaccination amid record high reports of flu, RSV
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Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has warned of extremely high levels of respiratory illness in the U.S., particularly flu hospitalizations, and made another call for people to stay up to date on their vaccinations. |
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🌵 Arizona certifies 2022 election results amid threat of more challnges
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Arizona officials have certified the state's vote canvass on Monday, officially declaring winners in the high-profile gubernatorial and Senate races, among other contests, as GOP figures vow to fight the election results in court. |
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📱 Markey says Musk has ghosted him in Twitter verification spat
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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) says Elon Musk still has not replied to his request for transparency into Twitter's verification process, after the senator allowed a Washington Post reporter to impersonate him using Twitter Blue. |
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🍺 Young cannabis users drinking less alcohol
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A recently released study from international investment bank Cowen Inc. found that 60 percent of cannabis users cut back on drinking, with most of that decline stemming from younger users. |
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📺 ABC pulls daytime anchors off air after romance disclosure
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Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, who are both anchors of ABC's "GMA 3" afternoon show, have been taken off the air as the outlet decides how to handle fallout from the alleged off-air relationship between the pair. |
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