The New York Times argues that the recent rash of censorship reflects weakness parading as strength. Their editorial states, “A political project convinced of the superiority of its ideas doesn’t need the power of the state to shield people from competing ideas. Censorship is the desperate rear-guard action of a movement that has already lost the fight for hearts and minds.” (The New York Times, September 10, 2022, by The Editorial Board) Erin Blakemore in

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Washington state could restrict mental health workers from attempting to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity through conversion therapy. A family therapist claimed the state was violating his free speech rights, but the court ruled for the state, “States do not lose the power to regulate the safety of medical treatments performed under the authority of a state license merely because those treatments are

A federal judge blocked an Arizona law from taking effect on September 24 that would keep those recording the activities of police officer no closer than eight feet. It is curious that neither state Attorney General Mark Brnovich or Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, named in the suit, said they would defend the law in court. (AZ Mirror, September 9, 2022, by Caitlin Sievers and Jim Small) Federal District Judge John J. Tuchi gave the