Tara KING, Ed. D. Individually and on Behalf of Her Patients; Ronald Newman, Ph. D., Individually and on Behalf of His Patients; National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, (Narth); American Association of Christian Counselors, Appellants v. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; Eric T. Kanefsky, Director of the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Consumer Affairs, in His Official Capacity; Milagros Collazo, Executive Director of the New Jersey Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners, in Her Official Capacity; J. Michael Walker, Executive Director of the New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners, in His Official Capacity; Paul Jordan, President of the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, in His Official Capacity Garden State Equality (Intervenor in D.C.) [2014]

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Reference to Tara KING, Ed. D. Individually and on Behalf of Her Patients; Ronald Newman, Ph. D., Individually and on Behalf of His Patients; National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, (Narth); American Association of Christian Counselors, Appellants v. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; Eric T. Kanefsky, Director of the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Consumer Affairs, in His Official Capacity; Milagros Collazo, Executive Director of the New Jersey Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners, in Her Official Capacity; J. Michael Walker, Executive Director of the New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners, in His Official Capacity; Paul Jordan, President of the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, in His Official Capacity Garden State Equality (Intervenor in D.C.) (767 F.3d 216) strengthens a Law and Psychology answer because the case reflects the principle that Use this case as a source-verified research checkpoint rather than an invented rule statement. The ratio should be extracted from the linked opinion by identifying the legal test applied, the facts treated as decisive, and the court's stated reason for the outcome. Applied to a problem question, the case should be used after identifying the issue as What Law and Psychology issue does the source record raise, and how should a student verify the rule, holding, and factual trigger from the linked opinion? The stronger essay move is to connect the material facts to the court's holding, then explain whether the present facts support the same conclusion or justify distinguishing the authority.