Published on: Friday, January 21, 2022
Georgia sheriff began a policy in 2018 of putting signs in the yards of all 57 registered sex offenders in the county that read, "STOP" and "NO TRICK-OR-TREAT AT THIS ADDRESS." District court: That's fine. Eleventh Circuit (with pictures!): Not fine. This is “a classic example” of compelled government speech, and it's unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment.
The case is Cory McClendon v. Gary Long, No. 21-10092 (11th Cir. Jan. 19, 2022).