Constitutional Law
Jul. 2, 2015
The chains of doctrine
The majority's approach in a recent First Amendment case, doctrinally correct as it is, leads to quite absurd results. By Ashutosh Bhagwat
On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona. While the Reed decision has been overshadowed since then by bigger things (i.e., Obamacare and same-sex
marriage), it is in fact a very interesting decision in what it reveals about the
role of the Supreme Court.
The subject of the Reed case is signs. Like many towns, Gilbert regul...
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