Monday, July 19, 2021

IN THE NEWS: FREE SPEECH, FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS ANTI-MISGENDERING LAW AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Two sources; as always do your own due diligence is these are not to your liking.  This  post is closed to all comments.  Comments and questions must be referred to the media source(s) cited. THE LEGAL DECISION ITSELF IS HERE.

1) California Appeals Court Overturns Anti-Misgendering Law on First Amendment Grounds......A California appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a state law that penalized elder-care workers for using pronouns inconsistent with elderly long-term care patients’ claimed gender identity.

Gender identity is a disputed concept. A lack of linguistic clarity has clouded the issue in recent years as the concepts of sex and sexual identity, or gender, a politically and scientifically contentious concept whose definition isn’t universally agreed upon, have become difficult to separate. Despite the distinct meanings of the two words, many institutions and individuals use “gender” to mean biological sex, especially on fillable forms and documents. MORE FROM THE EPOCH TIMES HERE.

2) California Court Strikes Down Law That Criminalized Certain Uses of Non-Preferred Pronouns...Eugene Volokh | 7.17.2021 6:18 PM...In Taking Offense v. California, decided yesterday by the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion by Justice Elena Duarte, joined by Justices Harry Hull and Ronald Robie, the court considered (among other things) the constitutionality of Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1439.51(a)(5) which provides, in part...READ MORE FROM REASON HERE.

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