Discuss The city placed importance restrictions on soliciting, picketing, and demonstrations. 1-1 2PAGES
506MJ Criminal Law and Procedure
Lesson 1: Legal Foundations of Criminal Law
Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question. Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information. Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.
Discussion Question 1-1 (50 points)
The City of Las Vegas, Nevada, in a bid to revive its decaying downtown, turned several blocks of its main downtown street into a publicly-owned pedestrian mall. The city placed significant restrictions on soliciting, picketing, and demonstrations. In August 1997, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) held a rally on the mall for purposes of protesting the restrictions on free speech activities in the mall. The police ordered the individuals involved to disperse. Sometime later, the ACLU and others filed a civil suit against the City for violations of freedom of expression. The City wanted the lawsuit dismissed and claimed that the City had created the mall to stimulate integration, not to promote freedom of expression
As a judge, how would you decide the issues? Discuss the following. (A 2-page response is required.)
a. Was the ordinance prohibiting those acts on the mall constitutional? Consider the sub-issue of whether the mall is a public or nonpublic forum. Write a judicial opinion to support your decision.
b. Assuming the ordinance is unconstitutional, explain what the City could do to protect its investment in the mall. Think in terms of how the government can legally limit speech and assembly.
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