Hooray for Brown Jackson’s Brave Dissent in the Colorado Trans Case

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Chiles v. Salazar looks at first glance to be a lopsided triumph of First Amendment values—a ringing endorsement of the principle that the state can’t prescribe what is orthodox in the marketplace of ideas.Eight justices agreed that Colorado had violated the First Amendment by taking sides in a social controversy involving so-called “conversion therapy” on minors—efforts to alter a child’s chosen sexual orientation or gender identity.Colorado in fact did ta...