Decision In Docket Number 24-539: Chiles v. Salazar

On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court published this decision in Decision In Docket Number 24-539: Chiles v. Salazar, a case regarding a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” for minors. In November 2024, licensed counselor Kaley Chiles filed a petition alleging the law violates First Amendment free speech and free exercise rights. The court determined that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy, as applied to the therapist’s talk therapy, regulates speech based on viewpoint, and the lower courts erred by failing to apply sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny . . .