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Vox
June 12, 2017
Perhaps most famously, in United States v. Grace (1983), the Supreme Court implicitly upheld certain limits on expression in the Supreme Court building itself, including the banning of signs and even buttons. But the court ruled that such restrictions could not extend to the sidewalks surrounding the buildingÃÂ ...
JURIST
May 16, 2016
The court previously ruled [opinion] on the constitutionality of the law governing protests or demonstrations at or near its building in a 1983 case, United States v. Grace [opinion, PDF]. The justices then nullified only the law's ban on displays on the public sidewalks around the court building, refusing to strikeÃÂ ...
Blogging Censorship
November 23, 2015
Kokinda, 497 U.S. at 738 (Kennedy, J., concurring) (citing United States v. Grace, 461 U.S. 171, 182, 103 S.Ct. 1702, 75 L.Ed.2d 736 (1983)). For the benefit of all citizens, cases must be heard in a dignified environment that impresses upon the participants the seriousness and importance of proceedings, and the need toÃÂ ...
Boston Globe
September 6, 2015
“Traditional public forum property occupies a special position in terms of First Amendment protection,” the court held unanimously in United States v. Grace. Such a public venue doesn't lose that “historically recognized character” simply because it “abuts government property.” The Supreme Court invokedÃÂ ...
Florida Times-Union
July 8, 2015
The United States v. Grace U.S. Supreme Court case clearly calls sidewalks a public forum where protests should be allowed as long as they aren't obstructive, he said in an interview. “That is not constitutional,” he said about the order's ban against protests on some sidewalks. “What you can't say is we theÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 13, 2014
The Supreme Court addressed the law in 1983, in United States v. Grace, ruling that it could not be applied to demonstrations on the public sidewalks around the court. Since then, the sidewalks, which are broad and set off by stairs from the plaza, have been regularly used for protests of all kinds.
Vox
June 26, 2014
In the 1983 case of United States v Grace, the Supreme Court actually struck down a law that banned demonstrations on the sidewalk outside the Court. In the Grace case, using language that was cited in the abortion decision, the Court held that public ways and sidewalks occupy a "special position inÃÂ ...
New York Times (blog)
June 13, 2013
The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of the law in 1983, in United States v. Grace, saying it could not be applied to demonstrations on the public sidewalks around the court. On the grand plaza in front of the courthouse, however, Supreme Court police have been known to order visitors toÃÂ ...
JURIST
May 16, 2016
... constitutionality of the law governing protests or demonstrations at or near its building in a 1983 case, United States v. Grace [opinion, PDF].
Boston Globe
September 5, 2015
... forum property occupies a special position in terms of First Amendment protection,” the court held unanimously in United States v. Grace.
Florida Times-Union
July 8, 2015
The United States v. Grace U.S. Supreme Court case clearly calls sidewalks a public forum where protests should be allowed as long as theyÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 13, 2014
The Supreme Court addressed the law in 1983, in United States v. Grace, ruling that it could not be applied to demonstrations on the publicÃÂ ...
New York Times (blog)
June 13, 2013
The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of the law in 1983, in United States v. Grace, saying it could not be applied toÃÂ ...
Huffington Post (blog)
February 3, 2012
In United States v. Grace (1983), a case challenging the ban on expressive activity in front of the Supreme Court, the justices ruled that “[t]heÃÂ ...
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)
January 17, 2012
In a 1983 decision United States v. Grace, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a no-protest zone on Court property. It allowedÃÂ ...
JURIST
May 16, 2016
The court previously ruled [opinion] on the constitutionality of the law governing protests or demonstrations at or near its building in a 1983 case, United States v. Grace [opinion, PDF]. The justices then nullified only the law's ban on displays on ...
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