Reply Brief
The following is excerpted from the Reply Brief of the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 18, 2025. Colorado does not dispute three key points that sink its case. First, it cites no study focusing on what’s at issue here: voluntary counseling between minors and licensed counselors. Second, its own evidence disclaims proof that this counseling causes harm. Third, the same evidence concedes that many people have experienced benefits from this counseling. Put it together, and Colorado cannot possibly justify its viewpoint-based prior restraint banning voluntary conversations on disputed questions of moral and religious significance. In…
