DENVER (AP) — Cities trying to limit panhandling are facing a new legal hurdle because of a recent Supreme Court ruling that seemingly has nothing to do with asking for money.
Federal judges in at least three states have cited a June ruling by the high court on the size of church signs as a reason for overturning anti-panhandling laws or sending cases disputing those laws back to lower courts for review. And one of those cases — in the Colorado city of Grand Junction — has spurred Colorado communities including Denver and Boulder to suspend or change their laws restricting where and when people can panhandle.
ACLU of Colorado legal director Mark Silverstein thinks most panhandling laws have been written so broadly that many of them will have to be changed because of the ruling.
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Source: businessinsider.com
Panhandling laws face challenge after church signs ruling
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