{"id":2576,"date":"2020-12-15T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2020-12-15T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T00:05:07","slug":"massachusetts-sjc-finds-panhandling-to-be-protected-speech-under-the-1st-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-finds-panhandling-to-be-protected-speech-under-the-1st-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts SJC finds Panhandling to be Protected Speech under the 1st Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts SJC held today that the First Amendment Protects Panhandling as free Speech, striking down a local Fall River Ordinance attempting to preclude panhandling on public streets. \u00a0In Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless v. City of Fall River, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that a local law restriction Panhandling, stopping cars and requesting money was a content based restriction on speech and prohibited by the First Amendment. \u00a0The Fall River ordnance only prohibited Panhandling and did not prohibit solicitation for other purposes, such as school events and Fire Department fund raisers. \u00a0The SJC stated that it is clear that soliciting contributions is protected by the 1st Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The Court also staled that it is clear that public ways are traditional public forums. \u00a0This means that on the streets, people have the right to share and express their ideas. \u00a0It is why someone can hold a sign on the side of the road in support of the politician they are supporting for office. \u00a0The SJC also indicated that it was clear that the Fall River local ordinance was a content restriction on speed and had to survive strict security, meaning that the law must survive the most rigorous view to be upheld as constitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The Panhandling law was a content based restriction on speech because it only regulated someone making one type of form of expression, asking for money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-finds-panhandling-to-be-protected-speech-under-the-1st-amendment\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts SJC finds Panhandling to be Protected Speech under the 1st Amendment\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts SJC held today that the First Amendment Protects Panhandling as free Speech, striking down a local Fall River Ordinance attempting to preclude panhandling on public streets. \u00a0In Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless v. 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