Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Petition for Certiorari 2017
PCJF is asking the Supreme Court to hear our case challenging D.C. postering laws. Click to download the Petition
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The Fight to Strike Down Unconstitutional Regulations on Postering
The PCJF waged a decade long battle to strike down the District of Columbia’s unconstitutional regulations on postering winning a string of victories in the lower court which forced the District to repeatedly rewrite its unlawful regulations. The final iterations were upheld by the D.C. Circuit despite the PCJF’s continued objection to remaining rules that determined how posters were regulated based on the content of the words.
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