See the link below:

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleSCI.jsp?id=1202603901567&kw=Judge%20Strikes%20Law%20Banning%20Demonstrations%20at%20Supreme%20Court&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130613&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines&slreturn=20130513152425

The law said you couldn’t protest on the steps of the US Supreme Court because “it might affect the outcome of cases”.

But this judge rightfully responded:

“The absolute prohibition on expressive activity in the statute is unreasonable, substantially overbroad, and irreconcilable with the First Amendment,” wrote U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in a 68-page ruling issued late Tuesday in the case Hodge v. Talkin.

Judge Howell further rejected the argument “[the law] is necessary to preserve the image of the court as an institution “not swayed by external influence.”

The comments so far are great too.   How is it that “the image of the court” is adversely affected by protesters when we are supposed to be an open and free democracy with the right to full disseminate our ideas and debate them and discuss them.

Kudos to our First Amendment heroine today–US Dist. Ct. Judge Beryl Howell.

My only question is, why did it take 64 years to do this?