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Supreme Court victory for free speech : Reed v. Town of Gilbert
June 18, 2015 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA
The Supreme Court today unanimously reversed the Ninth Circuit in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, holding that the town’s Sign Code contained content-based regulations of speech that do not survive strict scrutiny. The Sign Code categorizes temporary signs and then restricts their size, duration, location, and other characteristics depending on the ...
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Supreme Court orders three U.S. Courts of Appeals to reconsider cases upholding restrictions on speech
July 01, 2015 | By SHAUNEEN WERLINGER
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered three federal appellate courts to reconsider their decisions upholding sign restrictions in light of its recent decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert. The Court emphasized in Reed that government regulation of speech is content-based (and thus presumptively unconstitutional) if the law explicitly “draws dist ...