Four Republican lawmakers joined Democrats’ effort to keep 350,000 Haitians from losing their deportation protections.

Haiti was initially designated as a country with Temporary Protected Status by the Obama administration in 2010, following an earthquake that killed over 200,000 people and injured another 300,000. The administration contended that the 18-month designation was necessary because Haiti’s critical infrastructure had been severely impacted.

‘For more than a year, my bill to extend TPS for Haiti has sat without a vote in the House of Representatives. That’s unacceptable.’

Following that initial designation, Haiti’s TPS status was extended and redesignated many times, with officials citing national disaster recovery, gang violence, and instability.

Under President Donald Trump, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated TPS for Haiti, announcing that the designation would expire in February 2026.

The DHS estimated that roughly 353,000 Haitian nationals and other foreign nationals who last resided in Haiti hold TPS.

Noem’s DHS declared that “there are no extraordinary and temporary conditions in Haiti that prevent Haitian nationals (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) from returning in safety.”

“Moreover, even if the Department found that there existed conditions that were extraordinary and temporary that prevented Haitian nationals … from returning in safety, termination of Temporary Protected Status of Haiti is still required because it is contrary to the national interest of the United States to permit Haitian nationals … to remain temporarily in the United States,” the DHS stated.

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However, in February, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia stayed the termination, allowing the TPS designation to remain in effect.

Rep. Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.) previously introduced H.R. 1689, a bill that would require DHS to designate Haiti for TPS for 18 months.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) presented a discharge petition in January to compel the House to vote on Gillen’s bill.

On Friday, the discharge petition received exactly the 218 House signatures required to move forward, after four Republicans — Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Penn.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), and Don Bacon (Neb.) — joined Democrats in signing it.

RELATED: Noem prepares to deport 500,000 immigrants from one long-troubled island

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“Throughout the nation, Haitians are parents, workers, caregivers, faith leaders, business owners, and children who are deeply rooted in our communities, essential to our economy, and are shamefully at risk of being deported to an island grappling with a devastating humanitarian crisis,” Pressley stated. “Today we are a critical step closer to saving lives and delivering the protections they deserve.”

The House will vote on Pressley’s discharge resolution within the coming weeks. If it passes, lawmakers will hold a vote on H.R. 1689.

Lawler, who co-sponsored H.R. 1689, referred to the bill as “bipartisan legislation,” insisting that the situation in Haiti remains “dire” due to “rampant gang violence, political instability, and a worsening humanitarian crisis.”

“For more than a year, my bill to extend TPS for Haiti has sat without a vote in the House of Representatives. That’s unacceptable,” Lawler stated after signing Pressley’s petition.

Salazar also released a statement in response to her decision to support the discharge petition.

“From Haiti to Venezuela, we have to get this right,” Salazar wrote in a post on social media. “TPS exists for a reason, to protect people who cannot safely return home.”

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is weighing in on a high-stakes primary in a key swing state, Blaze News has learned.

Jordan has endorsed Captain Michael Bouchard, an Iraq war veteran, for Michigan’s 10th congressional district, Blaze News can exclusively report. This high-profile endorsement comes as Republican Rep. John James of Michigan wraps up his term in the 10th district and is now running for governor of the state.

‘A strong conservative leader.’

“Captain Michael Bouchard is the America First conservative we need in Congress,” Jordan told Blaze News. “Mike served his country in Iraq, and now he is ready to serve the people of Michigan’s 10th district in Washington.”

“Now, more than ever, we need leaders like Captain Bouchard in Congress.”

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The third-generation Michigander embraced the endorsement from Jordan, who made a name for himself chairing the prestigious House Judiciary Committee.

“I’m proud to earn the endorsement of Congressman Jim Jordan,” Bouchard told Blaze News. “Congressman Jordan is a strong conservative leader that has fought to defend our Constitution and the conservative principles important to Michigan families.”

“I will bring that same standard to Washington and stand alongside those putting our people first.”

The crowded Republican primary is currently scheduled for August 4, just a few months before the general election on November 3.

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In late March, Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American billionaire majority owner and director of the global adult-content subscription giant OnlyFans, died at age 43 after a long battle with cancer.

His highly lucrative career in facilitating the distribution of pornography raises a tough spiritual question: What is his soul facing now that he’s passed?

On a recent episode of “Relatable,” Allie Beth Stuckey combed through Radvinsky’s dark career and addressed this difficult question.

Allie begins by pointing to the shady roots of Radvinsky’s early career in the late 1990s, when he ran websites that allegedly used deceptive tactics to draw in users.

“He operated a network of websites that advertised access to hacked passwords of adult websites. … These websites often promised illegal content to attract clicks,” she says.

“Then in 2000, his site Password Universe published a link claiming to offer pedophiles more than 10,000 illegal preteen passwords,” she continues, adding that “one of his sites had a link for the hottest underaged hardcore containing 16-year-olds.”

“This is how he made millions of dollars — not just through technology, not just through your run-of-the-mill depraved pornography — but child sexual exploitation,” she says.

He was able to “[skirt] the law,” however, because “there’s no evidence that these passwords actually gave access to illegal material,” says Allie, highlighting the deceptiveness of Radvinsky’s platforms.

But the porn entrepreneur’s career would take perhaps its darkest turn in 2018 when he purchased OnlyFans — a platform where creators sell exclusive content directly to subscribers. After Radvinsky took the reins, the relatively small company ballooned into the largest and most profitable pornography platform in the world, making him a billionaire.

“He eventually was making $1.9 million a day from people selling their bodies, people buying the bodies — really, just images and videos of the bodies of image-bearers of God,” Allie says. “I mean, what a dirty business.”

But OnlyFans isn’t just morally bankrupt because it facilitates the sale of pornography; it’s also tied to allegations of trafficking and exploitation.

“According to a survey of OnlyFans seekers, 6% of respondents self-disclosed that traffickers helped create and market their OnlyFans account. Eleven percent were aware of minors with accounts. Thirty percent received private messages from suspected traffickers,” Allie says, citing a study from the Avery Center.

Further, “a 2024 Reuters investigation found that over 120-plus police complaints in the U.S. involved explicit content posted without consent. Case files examined by Reuters also cited more than 200 explicit videos and images of kids,” including “explicit sexual rape interactions with children,” she continues.

“[Radvinsky] made his fortune off of this, … trying to tempt people towards accessing child sex abuse material, … sex abuse of adults, [and] the exploitation and the objectification of bodies. That is his legacy.”

But now that death has claimed him, Radvinsky will face the justice of “his maker,” Allie says.

“Just like all of us, … he must stand before the judgment seat of God and give an account for promoting these things, and unless he repented before death, he will pay for his sins forever and ever.”

To hear more, watch the episode above.

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A former middle school teacher in New Jersey was arrested after her ex-student claimed to have had a sexual relationship with her in a classroom and her car.

The Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that 36-year-old Ashley A. Fisler, who formerly went by her maiden name of Ashley Sulla, was arrested Thursday.

‘Scary to think that it could happen so close to home.’

Fisler was charged with six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor, one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and one count of second-degree official misconduct.

The prosecutor’s office noted that Fisler faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in state prison for each of the first-degree charges and 10 years for each of the second-degree charges if convicted.

Fisler, of Washington Township, is being held at Salem County Jail.

According to Salem County Jail records, Fisler was denied bail.

On Jan. 23, the alleged victim — who is now an adult — told police he had a sexual relationship with Fisler in 2021 when he was a minor and she was his teacher at Orchard Valley Middle School in Washington Township, according to prosecutors.

“The victim described multiple sexual encounters occurring in 2021 in Fisler’s vehicle and in her classroom,” the prosecutor’s office stated.

The New York Post obtained court documents that said Fisler had sex with the underage student twice and performed a sex act on the boy four times.

Prosecutors said investigators discovered text messages between Fisler and the alleged victim “confirming the unlawful sexual nature of their relationship.”

Court documents said that Fisler sent the boy “multiple nude photographs” of herself, according to the Post.

Citing an online resume, Fox News reported that Fisler taught social studies in the Washington Township school district starting in 2014.

The prosecutor’s office noted that Fisler is “no longer employed as a teacher in Washington Township or anywhere else.”

Eric M. Hibbs, superintendent of Washington Township Public Schools, released the following statement to Patch after Fisler’s arrest:

The district is aware of the charges announced by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office regarding a former middle school teacher. We take matters involving the safety and well-being of our students extremely seriously. The individual referenced is no longer employed by the district and separated from employment in April 2023. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and will continue to do so. Because this is an active criminal matter, we are unable to comment further at this time.

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The New York Post in a separate story reported that one of Fisler’s students wrote an essay praising Fisler — then going by her maiden name, Ashley Sulla — as a “hero” who “can connect with the students on a personal level.”

The Post noted that any connection between the student who wrote the essay and the alleged victim is unclear.

NJ.com released the text of the essay in July 2019: “Sometimes people’s heroes are an ‘overlooked’ hero, simply because what they do isn’t ‘significant.’ But, my hero, Ms. Sulla, works at school.”

“Ms. Sulla always makes sure that she can connect with the students on a personal level,” the essay read.

The essay added that “Ms. Sulla is also a protector. Every day, Ms. Sulla not only wants to make sure we learn new facts about social studies, she also wants to make sure we feel secure and comfortable at school.”

The essay, titled “My Hero Works at School,” concluded, “She ensures students are comfortable in her classroom and that we have someone relatable. Ms. Sulla should no longer be an ‘overlooked’ hero.”

District Social Studies Supervisor Jeff Snyder told NJ.com in 2019, “Ashley is a great teacher. Not only does she make her lessons interactive and engaging, but she also prides herself in making personal connections with all her students.”

The Post noted that Fisler — who is married — had posted a since-deleted Facebook entry in 2018 “showing her then-boyfriend proposing to her in front of her class, as she reacts with elated shock.”

The stepbrother of Fisler’s husband told the Post on Friday, “He’s a good, upstanding guy. He has morals and everything — he wouldn’t be the type to stay with her if he found out.”

A booking photo shows that Fisler has a tattoo on her inner forearm that reads: “I love you a bushel and a peck.” The saying became popular due to the musical “Guys and Dolls.”

Emily Garber, an Orchard Valley Middle School graduate, said the child sex crime accusations are “scary.”

“Scary to think that it could happen so close to home,” Garber told WCAU-TV. “It made me uncomfortable knowing my brothers both had her as a teacher.”

Rocco Cipparone, Fisler’s attorney, told WCAU on Friday following her virtual court appearance that “she says she is not guilty of these charges. She denied the allegations. And we are going to go forward, wait for the state to present some evidence to me so I can evaluate it, and aggressively defend her.”

Cipparone told the Post on Friday that he believes that Fisler should be granted bail.

“She has no prior criminal record, she has been a lifelong resident of New Jersey, she is a property owner, her entire family is here, she is not a risk of flight,” Cipparone declared.

“These allegations go back five years. You have this five-year gap where now all of a sudden they are going to say she is a danger to the community,” Cipparone argued. “I’m optimistic, and I think I have strong reasons to have her released.”

Fisler is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for a bail hearing.

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The FBI has revealed the final days and hours of the terrorist who attacked a Jewish center and school in Michigan on March 12, making clear that he was motivated by Hezbollah.

At a press conference on Monday, Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan recounted the elaborate lengths taken by Ayman Mohamed Ghazali, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon, to try to kill as many “Israelis” as possible, even as he targeted a building in America.

‘This terrorist acted on behalf of Hezbollah.’

According to Runyan:

Between March 9 and March 11, Ghazali began feverishly searching online for Jewish centers in the metropolitan Detroit area, taking target practice at a local gun range, and purchasing firearms, ammunition, dozens of 5.3-gallon containers, gasoline, and more than $2,200 worth of fireworks.

His online search queries included: “largest gathering of israelis in Michigan,” “orthodox synagogues,” “israeli near me,” “what time is the trump rally in Michigan,” and “a center affiliated with the israeli embassy in Michigan.”

He attempted to delete these queries, but investigators were able to recover them.

Beginning on March 11, Ghazali also made a flurry of social media posts that not only included photos of family members recently killed in the Middle East strikes, but also referred to jihad, martyrdom, and Hezbollah.

One post included images of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah accompanied by an Arabic message that read: “Burn their world, for we have a vendetta against them, and we will never forget.”

RELATED: Who is the naturalized US citizen from Lebanon identified as the Michigan synagogue school attacker?

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On March 12, the day of the attack, he posted:

“We will seek retribution for their sacred blood.””Israel is a cancerous/malignant growth.””Israel is pure evil.””And the oppressors will soon know what kind of end they will meet.”

That morning, Ghazali contacted his ex-wife, who called Dearborn Heights police and requested a wellness check on him. He also reached out to his sister, who is believed to live in Lebanon.

Ghazali’s social media posts and messages to his sister continued almost until the very moment when he drove his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield at 12:19 p.m. He even recorded multiple videos on his journey to Temple Israel and shared dozens of memes, videos, photos, and messages online and with his sister, including:

a meme that, according to a translation, read, “Jihad is a gateway to heaven; one that God opens to his chosen ones.”an Arabic anthem entitled “This People Sends You a Call.”a video of Ghazali holding a weapon and stating, “We rely on God.”a photo with a verse from the Quran that reads, “The believers who are true to what they promised God; some have died for the cause, and some are still waiting but will never change.”

In the final two videos he sent to his sister, he makes a full confession about his “special operation”: “This is the largest gathering place for Israelis in the State of Michigan in the United States. I have booby-trapped the car. I will forcefully enter and start shooting at them. God willing, I will kill as many of them as I possibly can.”

RELATED: Heroic students subdued suspected terrorist in Old Dominion attack and ‘rendered him no longer alive,’ says FBI

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About 10 minutes after sending those videos, Ghazali drove into the Jewish center and exchanged gunfire with security guards, and his car ignited, sending smoke billowing into the hallway.

Ghazali died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was the only fatality in the attack.

Agent Runyan reiterated that while Ghazali appeared to be deeply affected by the loss of his brothers, niece, and nephew in the Middle East, his obsession with Hezbollah and violence predated their deaths and the Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran. By January 2026, he had already established a “recurring search history” full of “pro-Hezbollah news channels, Iranian news channels, and videos about shoot-outs and bullets,” Runyan said.

Runyan also noted that investigators have found “no evidence of co-conspirators” and do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the community. U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon of the Eastern District of Michigan did claim that had Ghazali survived, he would have been federally charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization.

Runyan and Gorgon repeatedly stressed throughout the press conference that Hezbollah inspired Ghazali to attack Temple Israel, stating, “We assess this attack to be a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community,” and “The evidence shows the attacker was motivated and inspired by Hezbollah’s militant ideology.”

The investigation into the attack remains ongoing, the officials said.

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Actress Brie Larson is wondering why she bothered with politics in the first place.

Once outspoken about the Donald Trump administration — and known for condemning “white dude[s]” who criticized her films — Larson now appears to have found a different focus.

‘What was I thinking doing all these dramas where I had to speak on, like, very serious issues happening?’

The half-French-Canadian star — born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers — has gradually stepped back from overtly progressive politics, returning to a more traditional Hollywood pastime: promoting her projects.

After what she called the best press day of her life, Larson told Fandango, “What was I thinking doing all these dramas where I had to speak on, like, very serious issues happening?”

White fright

Press and “serious issues” used to go hand in hand for 36-year-old Larson, who rarely missed an opportunity to lecture fans about racism and sexism. This tendency only intensified once her role as Captain Marvel brought her worldwide fame, putting her at odds with a significant portion of Marvel’s fanbase.

In 2018, while accepting an award for “Excellence in Film,” Larson called out film criticism for having too many “white males.”

“Less than a quarter were white women, and less than 10% were underrepresented men. Only 2.5% of those top critics were women of color,” she said.

Larson added that she didn’t need to hear from a “40-year-old white dude” about her movie because it “wasn’t made for him.”

“I want to know what that film meant to women of color, to biracial women, to teen women of color, to teens that are biracial,” she continued.

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Larson then clarified that she didn’t “hate white dudes.”

Tank girl

While the Larson-starring 2019 “Captain Marvel” proved invulnerable to the controversy, audience enthusiasm for women-led superhero films has since cooled. The 2023 follow-up, “The Marvels” — which found Larson joining forces with two other female heroes — became the studio’s worst-performing superhero film.

That same year, actor Samuel L. Jackson relayed that Larson was indeed “broken” by President Trump winning in 2016, saying they bonded on the set of “Kong: Skull Island” (2017).

“We bonded through the election while we were doing her movie when Donald Trump won. She was broken, and I was like, ‘Don’t let ’em break you. You have to be strong now,’” Jackson recalled.

Once one of Hollywood’s most vocal progressives, Larson has seemingly stepped away from the political scene entirely, choosing to laser-focus on her projects, which have mostly included TV appearances and now “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.”

As she once did with politics, Larson is diving headfirst into gaming culture.

RELATED: Netflix ‘Manosphere’ doc: Virtuous voyeurism and dull TV

Gamer great

“There’s so much that video games are taking from cinema, and I think it’s really time for us in cinema to recognize what we can take from video games,” she told host Jacqueline Coley on “Seen on the Screen.”

In fact, Larson has made virtually no public political comments since the COVID-19 era and the unrest of 2020.

Instead, she’s ramped up public appearances after a period of relative quiet — traveling internationally to promote Nintendo projects and even speaking Japanese.

“I love Nintendo so much. I’ve been playing it my entire life,” she said in Kyoto, Japan. “I’m so grateful to be here.”

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A 21-year-old Florida male is accused of fatally shooting a 2-year-old boy in the head as his mother held him amid an argument with the suspect over a phone, according to an arrest report WJXT-TV obtained.

A witness told police that Steven Dodson Jr. and the mother were arguing “about a phone” outside at the Valencia Way Apartments in Jacksonville late Sunday night, the station said, citing the arrest report. Dodson is the mother’s boyfriend, WJXT said.

‘We is hurting, ‘cause that baby didn’t deserve none of that.’

The witness told police Dodson followed the mother back inside and “into the same room as the children,” the station said, citing the arrest report.

The mother told police Dodson locked the bedroom door behind them, got a gun off a shelf in the bedroom closet, and then fired a shot at her as she held her son, 2-year-old A’hmari Robinson, WJXT said.

The bullet struck the toddler, who died after being rushed to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, the station said.

The arrest report indicates Dodson ran from the apartment and was captured on surveillance video throwing the gun into a dumpster, WJXT said.

Authorities including the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals, and the SWAT Unit took Dodson into custody at the Vista Landing Apartments late Monday after a manhunt, the station said.

Police told WJXT that before officers arrived someone retrieved the gun from the dumpster and brought it back to the apartment where police took it into evidence.

Dodson has been charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder, child neglect, tampering with evidence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Dodson was denied bond Tuesday, the station said.

Court records show Dodson has had prior arrests over the last three years on charges including strong-arm robbery, domestic battery, and other offenses, WJXT said.

His next court date is set for April 15, the station said.

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Robinson’s family expressed their emotions outside the courtroom, the station said.

“Pain. Anger and pain. Pain, hurt,” one family member told WJXT. “And then we already getting fake pages just texting us and threatening. People want to fight my sister. Y’all don’t even know what she’s going through. Y’all don’t know what she went through.”

Another family member added to the station: “We is hurting, ‘cause that baby didn’t deserve none of that.”

Robinson’s aunt started a GoFundMe account to help the family.

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Famed rock star and longtime Trump supporter Kid Rock has drawn some scrutiny over a video he posted on social media this weekend. While many social media users loved the video, the U.S. Army has nonetheless launched an investigation into the incident.

On Saturday, Rock posted a video from what appears to be the pool of his Tennessee mansion, nicknamed the “Southern White House.” In the video, Rock can be seen standing at the pool’s edge and saluting apparent servicemen aboard a helicopter hovering for a few seconds right in front of him.

‘My buddy’s the commander in chief.’

The helicopter hovers in the air almost level to the camera, which is stationed behind Rock.

“This is a level of respect that s**t for brains Governor of California will never know. God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her,” Rock captioned the video.

RELATED: Kid Rock’s TPUSA halftime destroyed the NFL’s Bad Bunny agenda

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Many commenters on the Instagram post showed their love for the stunt and for Rock’s patriotism. Others, however, have taken issue with the flyover, including the U.S. Army.

“Fort Campbell leadership is aware of a video circulating on social media depicting AH-64 Apache helicopters operating in the vicinity of a private residence associated with Mr. Robert Ritchie (also known as ‘Kid Rock’). The command has initiated an investigation to review the circumstances surrounding this activity,” Maj. Jonathon Bless, 101st Airborne Division public affairs officer, told Fox News in a statement.

Rock, on the other hand, saw no issue with those in the helicopter having a little bit of fun. In an interview with WKRN, Rock laughed, “I think they’re going to be all right. My buddy’s the commander in chief. I mean, what are they looking into? They stopped for, I don’t know, seconds? A minute? Maybe they were here three to four minutes.”

Fox News reported that Apache helicopters also flew over a nearby No Kings protest in downtown Nashville earlier in the day.

“If you’re flipping the military off, you’re on the wrong side of things man,” Rock said of the protesters, who, by his telling, did not appreciate the military presence nearly as much as he did.

The Associated Press obtained a written statement from the Army: “Army aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism, and established flight regulations. An administrative review is underway to assess the mission and verify compliance with regulations and airspace requirements. Appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found.”

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In a nearly unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has issued a ruling on one state’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, resulting in an important First Amendment win and setting a possible precedent for many states with similar laws on the books.

In an 8-1 decision released Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled in Chiles v. Salazar that, when applied to talk therapy, Colorado’s ban on minor-directed conversion therapy — or any therapy that attempts to “change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity” — “regulates speech based on viewpoint” in violation of the First Amendment.

‘The First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.’

The Colorado law, passed in 2019, was adopted “in response to a growing mental health crisis among Colorado teenagers and mounting evidence that conversion therapy is associated with increased depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts.” The law thus prohibited licensed counselors from engaging in “conversion therapy” with minors, according to the opinion.

Kaley Chiles, a mental health counselor in Colorado, brought the suit against Patty Salazar, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.

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The ruling overturns a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, which ruled in favor of the law, not finding any violation of Chiles’ First Amendment rights.

However, the majority opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, concluded:

In cases like this, it censors speech based on viewpoint. Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and safety. Certainly, censorious governments throughout history have believed the same. But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country. It reflects instead a judgment that every American possesses an inalienable right to think and speak freely, and a faith in the free marketplace of ideas as the best means for discovering truth.

Gorsuch added that the law in question not only regulates the content of Chiles’ speech, but “goes a step further, prescribing what views she may and may not express.”

Justice Elena Kagan, together with fellow liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined the majority opinion, but wrote a concurring opinion “only to note that if Colorado had instead enacted a content-based but viewpoint-neutral law, it would raise a different and more difficult question.”

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson alone dissented from the majority: “Stated simply, the majority has failed to appreciate the crucial context in which Chiles’s constitutional claims have arisen. Chiles is not speaking in the ether; she is providing therapy to minors as a licensed healthcare professional.”

While these facts were clearly established in the syllabus and the body of the majority’s opinion, Jackson’s primary contention, stated at the end of her dissent, was that “the majority’s holding means, in effect, that just because Chiles is a talk therapist — and not, say, a surgeon — a State can be prevented from incidentally imposing reasonable restrictions on the treatments she provides.”

“To do anything else opens a dangerous can of worms,” Jackson concluded. “It threatens to impair States’ ability to regulate the provision of medical care in any respect.”

Matt Walsh, noted for his documentary “What is a Woman?,” weighed in on the decision, attacking Jackson’s attempt to uphold the ban:

To be clear, this was a law that attempted to ban therapists from telling gender confused boys that they’re actually boys, and girls that they’re actually girls. It was literally a law prohibiting anyone in the therapy profession from verbally acknowledging biological reality to their clients. Easily one of the most psychotic pieces of legislation ever passed anywhere in the world at any time in history. The fact that Ketanji Jackson tried to uphold this law — even as her fellow liberals broke ranks with her — just proves again that she is the most unfit, unqualified, unhinged lunatic to ever hold a seat on the Supreme Court.

Colorado is one of more than 20 states with laws prohibiting conversion therapy.

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