The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled June 18 in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona, that the town’s sign code violates the First Amendment.
While the Supreme Court did not directly overrule any of its prior decisions and the nine justices disagreed on why the code was unconstitutional, local governments clearly need to revisit their sign codes and evaluate whether they should be changed to conform to Reed.
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