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Sandy Springs restricts forms of speech By HAYDEN SUMLIN | hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Sandy Springs City Council voted to approve three First Amendment-related ordinances April 1 restricting ways residents and visitors can interact. The city ordinances took effect after each was approved at the meeting. It is now a misdemeanor to solicit at residences between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. It is also a crime to block the entrance to a property or to remain within 8 feet of someone who objects. During discussion between city officials, proponents of the ordinances referenced “time, place and manner” restrictions on speech. While the First Amendment protects freedom of speech, governments can impose reasonable “time, place and manner” restrictions that are content-neutral. The ordinances were sparked, in part, by incidents over the past few years in which antisemitic flyers were distributed onto residential driveways under the cover of night. In advance of the meeting, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia wrote a letter to the Sandy Springs City Council urging officials to vote against the ordinances. “We share your dismay at the distribution of antisemitic propaganda across the City of Sandy Springs and Metro Atlanta more broadly,” the letter says. “We write to express our deep concerns that, despite their good intentions, the Ordinances would violate speakers’ right to free speech.” The ACLU’s letter references three U.S. Supreme Court cases, including Hill v. Colorado (2000), McCullen v. Coakley (2014) and Snyder v. Phelps (2011), to argue that the city’s buffer zone ordinance’s expansive prohibitions burden speech more than is necessary to quell antisemitism.
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Members of the Sandy Springs City Council debate time limits on public comment during public hearings on three First Amendment-related ordinances April 1. The City Council voted to approve all three, banning overnight door-to-door canvassing, prohibiting the blockage of public/private access and requiring consent to engage with others.
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