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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Buskers and free speech

SAN DIEGO — A pair of buskers can proceed with portions of their civil rights claims against San Diego after they were shut down by police, who cited a sidewalk ordinance. Their due process claims encountered vagueness issues, but several of their First Amendment claims survive on the basis that the sidewalk ordinance potentially infringes on their free speech rights.

Read the ruling here.

Read our prior coverage of this lawsuit here.

Categories / Briefs, First Amendment, Government

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