Posted on 05/26/2007 11:56:48 PM PDT by monomaniac
A federal judge has struck down an ordinance limiting the size of signs protesters are allowed to display during parades.
U.S. District Judge William D. Stiehl reaffirmed a previous decision that a city ordinance banning signs larger than 8½-by-11 inches - or a letter-sized piece of paper - within 25 feet of a parade in Granite City was "not narrowly tailored and amounted to a heckler's veto."
The ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed last year by anti-abortion activists who for years have displayed large images of aborted fetuses near a Granite City abortion clinic and at parades.
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