Conservatives have reason to celebrate yet another major victory from a decision by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled in a 6 to 3 decision that “[t]he First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.” The background to the decision was explained by Greg Price in a tweet. “The Supreme Court has ruled in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that Colorado cannot use an anti-discrimination law to force a website designer to create a website for a gay marriage” stated Mr. Price.
🚨🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that Colorado cannot use an anti-discrimination law to force a website designer to create a website for a gay marriage.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 30, 2023
Positive responses by conservative commentators were not long to follow the breaking news of the decision. Megyn Kelly commented that the ruling constitutes a “[h]uge victory for free speech as Lorie Smith the web designer who did not want to be compelled by CO law to make a same-sex m. website (tho she serviced the lgbt community in general) WINS HER CASE! This is a BIG WIN FOR FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA.”
YES! Huge victory for free speech as Lorie Smith the web designer who did not want to be compelled by CO law to make a same-sex m. website (tho she serviced the lgbt community in general) WINS HER CASE! This is a BIG WIN FOR FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) June 30, 2023
She emphasized that “this is such a big win. The CO baker won 7-2 [sic] under the free exercise clause but this is the ruling we needed on FREE SPEECH GROUNDS. The state does not have the right to force you “to speak in ways that align with its views but defy [your] conscience about a matter of major significance.” Huge huge huge!!! Think of how many circumstances this could potentially apply to.”
Guys this is such a big win. The CO baker won 7-2 under the free exercise clause but this is the ruling we needed on FREE SPEECH GROUNDS. The state does not have the right to force you “to speak in ways that align with its views but defy [your] conscience about a matter of major…
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) June 30, 2023
She then turned to how this decision might apply itself in other situations. She wrote “Lorie Smith’s free speech rights trumped CO’s anti-discrim law. What does this mean for, say, the mandates on preferred pronouns in places like NYC? GAME CHANGER.”
Lorie Smith’s free speech rights trumped CO’s anti-discrim law. What does this mean for, say, the mandates on preferred pronouns in places like NYC? GAME CHANGER.
From the Gorsuch majority opinion: “A ruling for the state would create an untenable choice for Smith. ‘If she…— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) June 30, 2023
The majority opinion was delivered by Justice Neil Gorsuch.
“The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands. Because Colorado seeks to deny that promise, the judgment is Reversed” wrote Gorsuch.
Greg Price observed that Gorsuch in his written opinion “spent a good portion of the majority opinion in 303 creative taking an absolute nuke to Sotomayor’s dissent.” Price then quoted from Gorsuch’s decision that “[i]t is difficult to read the dissent [by the liberal minded judges] and conclude we are looking at the same case.”
Lmfao Justice Gorsuch spent a good portion of the majority opinion in 303 creative taking an absolute nuke to Sotomayor's dissent:
"It is difficult to read the dissent and conclude we are looking at the same case." pic.twitter.com/ixsj25zhv2
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 30, 2023
This ruling follows other historic wins for conservatives yesterday with the overturning of affirmative action policies in student applications and strengthening of religious liberty by finding in favor of a Christian postal worker following his beliefs in not working on Sunday.