A Colorado law requiring ballot measures affecting state or local tax revenues have a title reflecting their impact is government speech and doesn’t violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a 2023 district court ruling denying political nonprofit Advance Colorado’s request to temporarily halt implementation of the law. The organization, joined on the lawsuit by former US Sen. Hank Brown (R) and other state Republicans, argued the law compelled political speech in violation of the US Constitution.
The titling of ballot measures is “fully and exclusively” a ...
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