‘Governmental regulation of the posting of political signs implicates free speech rights under the First Amendment.’
It’s being described as a First Amendment victory and it involves a town in Ohio abandoning its censorship of political signs on private property.
A report from the American Center for Law and Justice explains the fight got its start when police officers in Carrollton, Ohio, showed up at a front door and ordered a resident to remove a political sign from his front yard.
It was because of an ordinance that read, “Political signs may be exhibited not more than thirty days before nor more than seven days after the date of any election.”
The residents, confronted with the town’s censorship plan, contacted the ACLJ, which has a long history of fighting for constitutional rights.