Welcome to the three martini lunch.

Grab a stole next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

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Very glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.

Jim Garrity is on spring break.

As you know, here in his place today is Annette Stetman of the

Independent Women's Forum. And as good to have you back. It's great. Not as great as spring break,

but it's great to be back. Well, certainly no shortage of topics. While the schools might be off

this week, the news cycle certainly is not. And let's start with what we heard from the Supreme Court

yesterday. They were reviewing another law from the state of Colorado. Colorado's not doing

very well to Supreme Court, which is good for free speech and a lot of other freedoms in the

First Amendment. But USA Today, which probably covers the Supreme Court more thoroughly than

anyone else, so they do it with a very liberal perspective. But they say the Supreme Court on March 31 said Colorado's ban on so-called

conversion therapy for young people, fringes on the free speech rights of a Christian counselor.

The ruling here in as was eight to one, only Katanji Brown Jackson in the dissent here.

The majority opinion coming from Justice Neil Gorsuch, who says that the Colorado law

tells the therapist, quote, what views she may or may not express.

He goes on to say, quote, Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and

safety.

Certainly, censorious governments throughout history have believed the same. But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy

in thought or speech in this country. Justice Jackson, who read portions of her dissent from the

bench, said the court's decision threatens to prevent states from regulating medical care,

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