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The First Amendment (Literally) Banned in DC | American Civil Liberties Union

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-08-09 23:41:33
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Can the government ban the text of the First Amendment itself on municipal transit ads because free speech is too “political” for public display?If this sounds like some ridiculous brain teaser, it should. But unfortunately it’s not. It’s a core claim in a lawsuit we filed today challenging the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) restrictions on controversial advertising.

Source: https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/first-amendment-literally-banned-dc [aclu.org]

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