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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about whether a conservative Christian business owner has a 1st Amendment right to refuse to work with same-sex couples planning to marry. At issue is a Colorado website designer claiming a free-speech right to ignore the state's anti-discrimination law and turn away gay couples seeking her services. Twenty-two states including California require businesses open to the public to provide full and equal service to all, without regard to race, religion, gender or sexual o...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today will hear its most important case in decades on the 1st Amendment rights of students, and ultimately is expected to decide whether young people are free in the era of social media to post vulgar, cruel or racist comments about their teachers, coaches, classmates or school. At issue is whether social media posts are “off-campus speech” beyond the control of teachers and schools. It is the rare case whose outcome could affect every public school in the nation, but only if the justices succee...