It was not a great week for the Left.
Which means it was a great week for the Right and America in general.
They are still frothing at the mouth (they do about most things) and claiming the Colorado case was based on a lie. SHE MADE IT ALL UP! Except you know, that's not really what the case was about.
Hey, we don't pretend to be experts here, but this from Megan McArdle does a pretty damn good job of explaining it:
A lot of people are misreading this story, believing that this means the case was based on a lie.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) July 3, 2023
To be clear: the lawsuit was filed BEFORE this request, and does not rest on it, because the state of Colorado helpfully stipulated that it would do exactly as Lorie Smith feared. https://t.co/FZAL6GRf2C
This is really about Colorado, not the web designer. But you know, keep going.
It was not critical to the lawsuit, and if the plaintiff had made it up, I doubt she would have selected a random web designer in San Francisco, rather than just, you know, making up a name. Seems more likely that it was a prank.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) July 3, 2023
There are legit questions about ripeness, but before you mount those criticisms, you should be aware that a lot of precedents you like, from Griswold to Lawrence to Roe, involved plaintiffs whose case was either manufactured, or moot by the time of the decision.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) July 3, 2023
If you didn't complain about those decisions, then you have little, ahem, standing to complain about 303 Creative.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) July 3, 2023
And we know they all LOVE themselves some Roe.
So it contained huge lies and was based on fear that she'd lose a business that she wasn't really in, but what the heck! Party time!https://t.co/lNUHI5N2w3
— Downpuppy (@Downpuppy) July 3, 2023
Nice try ... but:
The complaint was not central, and was added after the lawsuit, and AFAIK, no one tried to make a standing claim; the state of Colorado stipulated that a) her business involved expressive conduct and b) they sure as hell were going to establish limits on her rights of expression
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) July 3, 2023
WOMP WOMP WOMP.
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