Protests, kindled by livestreamed images from Palestine and set ablaze by university crackdowns on demonstrators, rage at colleges and universities across the country. Students have pitched encampments and occupied campus buildings while calling for an end to violence in Gaza — and demanding their institutions divest of companies they believe support the war there. “We […]
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Wichita’s noise ordinance struck down by Kansas Supreme Court over First Amendment issue
Takeaways: An ordinance used to convict a Wichitan protesting police brutality was ruled unconstitutional Friday by the Kansas Supreme Court. The ordinance criminalizes “noisy conduct tending to reasonably arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in others.” That’s just too broad, the state’s high court ruled. “We conclude the noisy conduct provision within is unconstitutionally overbroad because […]