Public forums
CLEP American Government, Chapter 21 Public forums The public-forum doctrine asks how a government-owned place is used. Streets, sidewalks, and parks traditionally open to public expression are traditional public forums. Government may also create a designated public forum by intentionally opening property for broad expressive use. In either, content-based restrictions generally face strict scrutiny, viewpoint […]
Right to petition
CLEP American Government, Chapter 21 Right to petition The Petition Clause protects efforts to ask government to correct a grievance or change policy. A petition may be a signed request to a legislature, testimony at a public hearing, a letter to an agency, lobbying, or-within ordinary procedural rules-a claim presented to a court. The freedom […]
