On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that a lower court was wrong to dismiss a lawsuit brought forward by pro-life activists who argued that the city violated their First Amendment rights by arresting them for writing a slogan on a sidewalk in 2020.
In August 2020, police arrested 22-year-old Erica Caporaletti, a student at Towson University, and Warner DePriest, a 29-year old D.C. resident. According to The Washington Post, the two were writing “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter” with chalk on the sidewalk outside a D.C. Planned Parenthood. It is reportedly illegal for people to write on public or private property without a permit.
Shortly after, the pro-life activists sued D.C., arguing that their constitutional rights were violated because it allowed others to paint slogans like “Defund the Police” during the Black Lives Matter protests.
In 2021, a district court dismissed the lawsuit. This week, the appeals court ruled to allow the lawsuit to move forward.
“The First Amendment prohibits the government from favoring some speakers over others. Access to public fora must be open to everyone and to every message on the same terms. The District may act to prevent the defacement of public property, but it cannot open up its streets and sidewalks to some viewpoints and not others,” Judge Neomi Rao, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump, wrote in the opinion.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/08/19/appeals-court-sides-with-pro-lifers-in-dc-first-amendment-lawsuit-n2627224
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What's not mentioned and will probably never be mentioned in the Courts that deal with this case is the simple fact that the BLM protestors who made their graffiti would have very little respect for the lives of others and most especially not the Police had they tried to stop them while the Pro-Life demonstrators do have a respect for lives and were perfectly safe for the Police to arrest.
Let them know that the U.S. Constitution is written for all not just Privlaged Liberals
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