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Colorado Loses Again, Has To Pay 303 Creative's Legal Fees

Shame they can't "Free Speech" their way out of this tab.

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money briefcaseRemember that made up case about gay marriages and websites? There were some glaring issues. One was standing, which the Court summarily bracketed and got to the outcome they wanted. The second was figuring out those pesky lawyer fees. That problem is a problem no more — Colorado is picking up the tab. NBC has coverage:

The state of Colorado has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in legal fees to a web designer who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that found the right to free speech allows some businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings…A state board approved the amount, which was less than the nearly $2 million that Smith had originally sought after her free speech win at the high court.

If your gut-check response to Colorado footing the bill is disbelief, it shouldn’t be. Lawyer fees usually get covered when plaintiffs win a civil rights suit. Now that the outstanding balance has wrapped up on this matter, conservative think tanks can move on to the next pressing civil rights issue like making sure that IUDs and condoms become illegal or something.

Colorado To Pay Web Designer’s Legal Fees After Losing LGBTQ Anti-Bias Law Case [NBC]

Earlier: 303 Creative Web Designer Needs Somebody To Cover Her Legal Fees
The Supreme Court Is Lying To You About This Web Designer Opinion
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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