"Invalidate the criminalization of protected First Amendment activity and to also strip Maui County of any ability to criminally charge anyone who exercises their First Amendment rights."
California's legislature advanced Senate Bill 94 last week, which would allow California prison inmates serving a sentence of life without parole (LWOP) to petition for re-sentencing if the offense occurred before June 5, 1990, and they have completed at least 25 years of their sentence.
The state of Florida is fining five Medicaid healthcare providers for violating Florida's rule against using taxpayer funds to provide transgender treatments on minors.
Since the Congressional Values Action Team caucus met with Catholic Bishop Chipa Wilfred Anagbe and the Rev. Remigius Ihyula, House Resolution 82 garnered support.
"For far too long, federal regulators have focused on advancing the agenda of the far left at the expense of their core mission," said Senator Vance. "This legislation aims to correct that imbalance by ensuring the banking system is governed by ethical and apolitical oversight."
Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion, declared, "The First Amendment’s protections belong to all, not just to speakers whose motives the government finds worthy. In this case, Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance."