Is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's advertising space a public forum for Petitioner's Support Free Speech' ads such that Respondents' rejection of the ads violates the First Amendment?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The D.C. Circuit’s opinion conflicts with this Court’s precedent on an issue of exceptional importance: the freedom to express a viewpoint free from government censorship. Additionally, there is conflict in the United States courts of appeals regarding the application of the First Amendment to the display of public-issue advertisements on government transit authority property. This Court’s review is warranted. 1. Is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s advertising space a public forum for Petitioner’s “Support Free Speech” ads such that Respondents’ rejection of the ads violates the First Amendment? 2. Regardless of the forum question, is Respondents’ rejection of Petitioners’ “Support Free Speech” ads unreasonable and viewpoint based in violation of the First Amendment?