On April 15, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Initiative & Referendum Institute v U.S. Postal Service, 12-722, the case over whether individuals who are asked to sign a petition on interior post office sidewalks may sign, without first having to leave the sidewalk.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Thus – the 1st Amdt right to petition gets smashed by SCOTUS ???
Are ALL sidewalks NOT enough wide for the armies of folks walking around on them ???
Since SCOTUS refused to hear the case, that lets the District Court decision stand–so what was that decision? I’m guessing since IRI is listed first (as the petitioner) at this level, they were appealing the District Court decision (which District?).
#2, the Initiative & Referendum Institute lost in the U.S. District Court and also lost in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Judge Janice Rogers Brown concurred in the U.S. Court of Appeals decision, but she said the policy actually causes more problems than if the post office would just relax about petitioning on its interior sidewalks.