On August 22, the Eleventh Circuit issued this opinion in Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs v City of Fort Lauderdate, 16-16808. The issue was a city ordinance that curtailed the activity of the organization. It regularly serves free food in a social setting, to express its viewpoint that “society can end hunger and poverty if we redirect our collective resources from the military and war.” The U.S. District Court had ruled that this is not free speech activity, but the Eleventh Circuit said it is.
Although this is not an election law case, it illustrates the robust protection for free speech activity in public parks. That issue is related to election law because so many parties and candidates must circulate petitions, and access to public parks and similar government property is so important for successful petitioning.
ANY *free food* text in the 1st Amdt with speech, press, petition ???
Next — *free drugs* ??? *free sex* ???
NO such thing as *free* anything ???
More SCOTUS cases ???
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I want Z candidate/issue on the [election day] ballots
ONE person paper petition forms — newspapers / magazines / door handle forms
— electronic — if/when internet is 100 pct *secure*
see internet business/legal signatures stuff.
I was booted out of a city park while out getting petition signatures. There was a car show around the park (no fence or admission fee or anything) The “Chairman of the Car Show”?! told me that no political activity was allowed for the entire day even on the sidewalk he came over and said that I couldn’t be there and had to leave the property (city property) entirely. I found out later he also on the Herkimer County Republican Committee