Martinez Gonzalez, Hector F v. Visconti Smith, Claudia N

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a difference in size “is a difference only in degree, not a less restrictive alternative in kind”
• treating election provision as content-based because “whether individuals may exercise their free speech rights ... depends entirely on whether their speech is related to a political campaign”
• summarizing history of election reform in the United States in plurality decision rejecting a First Amendment challenge to Tennessee law prohibiting solicitation of votes and display or distribution of campaign literature within 100 feet of a polling place
• \[T]he First Amendment's hostility to content-based regulation extends ... to a restriction on a particular viewpoint.... [Citations]\
• “[T]he First Amendment’s hostility to content-based regulation extends not only to a restriction on a particular viewpoint, but also to a prohibition of public discussion of an entire topic.” (emphasis added
• \The State bears the burden of justifying a restriction on speech.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).