Summary
A New Jersey Supreme Court judge ruled that shopping mall managers must allow demonstrators and other expressions of free speech in malls and should only specify a time or place for the activity. Advocates of free speech argue that the mall has become a public place and should be open to free speech activity.
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The mall's in their court.
Forcing shoppers into the public square
The right to keep unwanted intruders off our property is a cornerstone of American liberty. But not if one's property is a shopping mall. If a recent ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court in the case of New Jersey Coalition Against War in the Middle East et al. v. JMB Realty Corp. et al. is not overturned, Saturday afternoon shoppers in New Jersey may find themselves regularly fighting for space with anti-war protesters or homeless-rights activists. The New Jersey case began in November 1990, when a national debate raged over America's impending war wit...See the full content of this document
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