In this case, the court was asked to decide whether a law in Washington D.C. which prohibited displaying signs critical of foreign governments and congregating within 500 feet of their embassies was constitutional. The law was enacted in 1938 and was found to be constitutional by the Court of Appeals. However, the Supreme Court ruled that it violated the First Amendment's protection of political speech in public forums. The law was considered content-based because it only prohibited critical speech of foreign governments. The display clause was found to be unconstitutional because it violated strict scrutiny and the Congress passed another statute that dealt with the same issue in a less restrictive way.
Boos v. Barry (1988)
Supreme Court of the United States
485 U.S. 312, 99 L. Ed. 2d 333, 108 S. Ct. 1157, 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1445, SCDB 1987-051
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