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J.J. Jackson* | April 18, 2006

In a case that doesn’t bode well for those attempting to stifle free speech the Alliance Defense Fund has won a victory in the sixth federal appeals court. The case involved limiting a citizen’s free speech in public to only a certain amount of time.

The case involves a Christian man, Gary Bowman, who shared his faith with passersby on public grounds at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. The grounds are a public area of campus designated for free speech. In 2001, the university implemented a policy which included a five-day cap per semester per speaker for non-university speakers.

The court in its ruling determined that the university?s policy regarding the five-day cap was unconstitutional. The court wrote, ?The policy as written does not by itself foster more viewpoints; it merely limits Bowman?s speech.? The court concluded that the five-day cap was ?an unnecessary abridgment of Bowman?s speech rights, and therefore unconstitutional.?

Ok, so the court has ruled that limited speech to a certain time frame is not Constitutional. Now let’s see if we can expand that to knock off McCain/Feingold which restricts speech during a specific time frame.

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