Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean ...

In an 8-1 decision this month, the Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law that prohibited so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing the gender expression or sexual orientation of minors.

The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Chiles v. Salazar is about far more than conversion therapy. It redraws the line between what the government can regulate and what it must leave alone, and it ...

From Justice Gorsuch's opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented): In 2019, Colorado adopted a law prohibiting licensed counselors from engaging ...

There is nothing wrong with being gay. That’s why the idea of a mental health counselor sitting down with a gay person and “helping” them not be gay seems like malpractice to me. When a couple dozen ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—that is, efforts by psychologists or counselors to get people to change their sexual ...

A short excerpt from Justice Jackson's long solo dissent today in Chiles v. Salazar, where she argued that the Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors was constitutional: The conclusion that a ...