The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, (certiorari granted, 2/22/2022) (order List). The grant of certiorari was limited to the question of "Whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment." In the case, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the application of Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act to a wedding website design company whose owner for religious reasons refuses to create websites that celebrate same-sex marriages. It said that the 1st Amendment allows the state to ban speech that promotes unlawful conduct, including unlawful discrimination. (See prior posting.) Here is the SCOTUSblog case page with links to briefs in the case.
