Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Holding on Conversion Therapy Ban
Conversion Therapy Bans Are Constitutional
Kaley Chiles asks us to reverse the district court’s order denying her motion for a preliminary injunction. The district court found Chiles had not met her burden of showing a likelihood of success on the merits of her First Amendment free speech claim. We agree. The Scope of the First Amendment “The First Amendment, applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibits the enactment of laws ‘abridging the freedom of speech.’” — Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015). “As a general matter, the First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its…
