American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County
Petition for certiorari denied on March 7, 2016.
Issue
(1) Whether King County created a public forum by accepting for display on its property a wide array of controversial political and public-issue ads, including ads that address the same subject matter as petitioners" anti-terrorism ad, and thus violated the First Amendment by rejecting Petitioners" ad based on its message; (2) regardless of the nature of the forum, whether King County"s rejection of petitioners" advertisement based on a claim that this public-issue ad was false or misleading violates the First Amendment; and (3) whether petitioners must demonstrate that there are no alternative ways to express their public-issue message in order for the court to find irreparable harm based on King County"s rejection of their ad.
Recommended Citation: American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/american-freedom-defense-initiative-v-king-county/