WND - 'So Egregious': Police Demand Residents take Down Trump sign

From the WND News Center to this writer for MHProNews and this Patch is the following about the headline and subheading topics in Part I. Part II will provide additional insights plus other topics.

Part I

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'So egregious': Police demand residents take down Trump sign

'Governmental regulation of the posting of political signs implicates free speech rights under the First Amendment'
By Bob Unruh | March 9, 2025

It's being described as a First Amendment victory and it involves a town in Ohio abandoning its censorship of political signs on private property.

A report from the American Center for Law and Justice explains the fight got its start when police officers in Carrollton, Ohio, showed up at a front door and ordered a resident to remove a political sign from his front yard.

It was because of an ordinance that read, "Political signs may be exhibited not more than thirty days before nor more than seven days after the date of any election."

The residents, confronted with the town's censorship plan, contacted the ACLJ, which has a long history of fighting for constitutional rights.

"On behalf of our clients, the ACLJ sent a demand letter to the village of Carrollton, demanding that it stop enforcing this unconstitutional ordinance and preventing our clients from displaying political signs in their yard. Only one day after receiving our letter, the village of Carrollton responded and agreed to meet our demands – a major victory for free speech," the legal team reported.

"We are also thankful because the village has now completely repealed the political sign prohibition. In a newly revised ordinance, the village explicitly acknowledged that 'governmental regulation of the posting of political signs implicates free speech rights under the First Amendment.' It stated the desire to 'avoid the threatened free speech litigation over the Village of Carrollton's current regulation and restriction of political signs,'" the report said.

The result was an amended ordinance that entirely eliminates a subsection that had banned political signs.

The report said the residents initially thought the police officers were joking, as their order to remove a political sign "was so egregious."

The political sign that prompted the fight, in fact, was one promoting now-President Donald Trump.

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Part II Additional Information plus Other Topics

1) From the ACLJ website on the same topic as reported by WND above.

ACLJ VICTORY: Village Repeals Unconstitutional Political Sign Ban

By Nathan Moelker | March 7

...On behalf of our clients, the ACLJ sent a demand letter to the village of Carrollton, demanding that it stop enforcing this unconstitutional ordinance and preventing our clients from displaying political signs in their yard. Only one day after receiving our letter, the village of Carrollton responded and agreed to meet our demands – a major victory for free speech.

We are also thankful because the village has now completely repealed the political sign prohibition. In a newly revised ordinance, the village explicitly acknowledged that “governmental regulation of the posting of political signs implicates free speech rights under the First Amendment.” It stated the desire to “avoid the threatened free speech litigation over the Village of Carrollton’s current regulation and restriction of political signs.”

The amended ordinance eliminated the entire subsection that previously prohibited political signs. The village’s legislative action demonstrated the impact of constitutionally sound legal advocacy in protecting Americans’ fundamental right to political expression on their property.

The ACLJ is proud to defend free speech. When local governments overstep their authority and infringe upon fundamental liberties, the ACLJ stands ready to take immediate legal action on behalf of everyday Americans.

2) The author of the above, per the ACLJ website, has the following bio-in-brief: "Nathan Moelker is Associate Counsel at the ACLJ’s Washington, D.C. office."

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