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Eugene Volokh

Mesa County Clerk Sentence Violated First Amendment by Relying on "Her Protected Speech Regarding Allegations of Election Fraud"

First, some backstory from NBC News (Gary Grumbach & Dareh Gregorian):

[Tina Marie] Peters was convicted of four felony and three misdemeanor charges in August 2024 for using another person's security badge to allow someone associated with MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, a prominent election denier and ally of President Donald Trump, access to county election equipment involving Dominion Voting Systems.

In Thursday's long opinion in People v. Peters, Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Ted Tow, joined by Judges Craig Welling and Lino Lipinsky de Orlov,  decided Thursday by the Colorado Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Tow, affirmed the conviction, holding (among other things):

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