No. 18-6080

Abraham J. Bonowitz, Douglas A. Pagitt, Lisa S. Harper, Suezann K. Bosler, Arthur J. Laffin, Randy Gardner, Derrick W. Jamison, Thomas W. Muther, Jr., Shane A. Claiborne, Sam R. Sheppard, and John M. Travers v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2018-09-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 40-usc-6135 assembly constitutional-law display first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-forum statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum, despite a flawed, constitutionally suspect challenged law that criminalizes all assemblies and all displays in the area, such as the unfurling of a banner? 2. Is 40 U.S.C. § 6135 overbroad and does it lack a saving construction, when the plain text of the statute would even prohibit individuals from standing on the Supreme Court Plaza while wearing T-shirts emblazoned with group affiliations and would prohibit nearly any group, even litigants from congregating on the Plaza? i

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-10-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2018)

Attorneys

Abraham J. Bonowitz, et al.
Mark Lewis Goldstone — Petitioner
Mark Lewis Goldstone — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent