Alliance Defending Freedom asked the Supreme Court to hear a case brought by a therapist in Washington state challenging a law he says is unconstitutional.
Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley joined Americas Newsroom to discuss two cases before the Supreme Court dealing with free speech on the internet.The Supreme Court has been asked to rule on a Washington state law that bans therapists from encouraging patients against transitioning to a different gender.
"There are no legal consequences if Petitioner Brian Tingley tells his neighbor about the emerging international medical consensus to treat gender dysphoria with watchful waiting instead of affirmation," the petition said.
"Washington’s law prohibiting licensed mental health providers from practicing conversion therapy on minors is not unconstitutionally vague," the 9th circuit said.The nine Justices of the Supreme Court. "Brian has counseled all types of people for more than 20 years, and those conversations are private — certainly not open for the government to censor. The government has no business dictating what personal goals a client can pursue in counseling," Bursch said.
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