SCOTUS Strikes Down State "Conversion Therapy" Ban, Tiger Speaks Out After DUI Arrest: AM Update 4/1

April 1, 2026

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Megyn Kelly's AM Update covers key developments including an 8-1 Supreme Court ruling against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, Rep. Eric Swalwell's effort to block FBI files linked to a suspected Chinese spy, Tiger Woods' first statement after a DUI arrest, and NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission to lunar orbit.

Supreme Court Rejects Colorado's Conversion Therapy Ban

In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court struck down Colorado's 2019 law prohibiting licensed mental health professionals from providing "conversion therapy" to patients under 18. The law defined such therapy as efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, including behaviors or expressions, while allowing affirmation of transgender identities.

Kaylee Childs, a Christian counselor, challenged the ban after lower courts upheld it using the lenient "rational basis" test. Justice Neil Gorsuch's majority opinion applied strict scrutiny, ruling the law unconstitutional as viewpoint discrimination on speech. It treated counseling as protected speech, not mere medical conduct, and barred the state from favoring one side of a debated moral, scientific, and religious issue.

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1 (00:09) **SCOTUS 8-1 Ruling Strikes Down Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban** - Protects Christian counselor Kaylee Childs' right to provide talk therapy to gender-confused minors
2 (02:45) **Colorado Law's Viewpoint Discrimination Exposed** - Permits gender affirmation but prohibits counseling comfort in natural body
3 (04:10) **Justice Gorsuch Opinion Frames First Amendment Issue** - Content-based restrictions presumptively unconstitutional, trigger strict scrutiny
4 (05:06) **ADF Counsel Jim Campbell on Strict Scrutiny Win** - No law engaging viewpoint censorship has ever been upheld by SCOTUS
5 (06:10) **Court Rules Counseling is Protected Speech, Not Conduct** - Rejects relabeling talk therapy to evade First Amendment
6 (07:14) **Alito Questions Medical Consensus at Oral Argument** - Notes past errors like eugenics sterilizations
7 (08:14) **8-1 Margin Signals Broad Consensus Against State Overreach** - Nearly entire court rejects picking sides in debated issue

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Show Notes

The Supreme Court rules 8–1 that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” likely violates the First Amendment, sending the case back under strict scrutiny and potentially jeopardizing similar laws nationwide - Alliance Defending Freedom Chief Legal Counsel Jim Campbell, who argued the case in front of the court, weighs in. Congressman Eric Swalwell moves to block the FBI from releasing files tied to his past contact with suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang, warning it’s a politically motivated smear as he runs for governor. Tiger Woods pleads not guilty after a DUI crash where no alcohol was detected but police found opioid pills and signs of impairment, as he says he will step away to seek treatment. NASA prepares to launch Artemis II, sending astronauts on a 10-day mission looping around the moon.

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