Federal judge rules Utah’s panhandling law violates First Amendment

Rejecting arguments that the law banning panhandling on streets was a threat to pubic safety on busy streets, a federal district judge threw out the law on constitutional grounds.

The judge found the law over broad in that under the law children could be prevented from selling lemonade. -db

From the Deseret News, March 15 2012, by Amy Joi O-Donoghue.

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