A licensed Colorado talk therapist told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that a state conversion therapy ban is "viewpoint-based censorship" that violates her First Amendment right to counsel minor clients according to their wishes.

In a case that could upend at least 20 other states' outlawing of the practice on the basis of harm and ineffectiveness, Justice Samuel Alito was quick to warm to Kaley Chiles' arguments.

Chiles' petition was brought by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the conservative Christian law firm that brought and won a case in favor of a website designer who claimed Colorado "forced" her to support same-sex marriage. ADF also represented Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker who won after refusing to make a transition anniversary celebration cake for a transgender l

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