D.C. Circuit Rejects Capitol Steps Speech Limits
Four Tarrant County residents filed a federal lawsuit alleging that County Judge Tim O’Hare’s decorum policy at Commissioners Court meetings infringes free speech and due process, a claim the judge’s campaign calls political. A DC Circuit ruling found that restrictions on demonstrations on the Capitol’s Eastern Steps violate the First Amendment by improperly privileging access through congressional sponsorship, with the court affirming the steps as a nonpublic forum but requiring neutral and reasonable restrictions, and related coverage notes ongoing debate and remand.
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About Judith W. Rogers
Judith Ann Wilson Rogers is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Everything about Judith W. Rogers →- Occupation
- judge, journalist
- Position held
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 27, 1939