An anti-abortion group lost its bid to revive a suit alleging that restrictions imposed on it during the Democratic party’s 2019 presidential primary debates in Detroit violated the First Amendment, because it didn’t show the restrictions were content-based or didn’t serve government interests, the Sixth Circuit said.
Created Equal, which is incorporated as Reform America, complained that the restrictions kept it from effectively communicating its anti-abortion message to candidates and audience members. But setting up a ticketed-only area was a content-neutral restriction, and dividing protest areas according to groups’ messages served a compelling government interest in keeping the peace, the ...
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says his unfounded claim that Coun. Sean Orr distributed illegal drugs didn't damage his reputation, because Orr's own previous statements showed he "supported drug use." S...