Remember
that
made
up
case
about
gay
marriages
and
websites?
There
were
some
glaring
issues.
One
was
standing,
which
the
Court
summarily
bracketed
and
got
to
the
outcome
they
wanted.
The
second
was
figuring
out
those
pesky
lawyer
fees.
That
problem
is
a
problem
no
more
—
Colorado
is
picking
up
the
tab.
NBC
has
coverage:
The
state
of
Colorado
has
agreed
to
pay
more
than
$1.5
million
in
legal
fees
to
a
web
designer
who
won
a
U.S.
Supreme
Court
ruling
last
year
that
found
the
right
to
free
speech
allows
some
businesses
to
refuse
to
provide
services
for
same-sex
weddings…A
state
board
approved
the
amount,
which
was
less
than
the
nearly
$2
million
that
Smith
had
originally
sought
after
her
free
speech
win
at
the
high
court.
If
your
gut-check
response
to
Colorado
footing
the
bill
is
disbelief,
it
shouldn’t
be.
Lawyer
fees
usually
get
covered
when
plaintiffs
win
a
civil
rights
suit.
Now
that
the
outstanding
balance
has
wrapped
up
on
this
matter,
conservative
think
tanks
can
move
on
to
the
next
pressing
civil
rights
issue
like
making
sure
that
IUDs
and
condoms
become
illegal
or
something.
Colorado
To
Pay
Web
Designer’s
Legal
Fees
After
Losing
LGBTQ
Anti-Bias
Law
Case
[NBC]
Earlier:
303
Creative
Web
Designer
Needs
Somebody
To
Cover
Her
Legal
Fees
The
Supreme
Court
Is
Lying
To
You
About
This
Web
Designer
Opinion
Supreme
Court
Cares
Less
About
The
Facts
Of
A
Case
Than
Hungover
1Ls
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.