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Can a city impose a permit fee on citizens for posting political yard signs?

Can a city prohibit political signs but allow commercial signs, such as 'for sale' signs?

Can the government impose a 10-minute time limit on speakers during a 'public comment' period?

Can neighborhood, homeowners’ and condo associations restrict residents in displaying signs, flags, decorations, etc., outside their dwellings?

At a public meeting, can officials limit a person’s speech because he or she has spoken at previous meetings?

Could officials limit each speaker to one topic per meeting?

Could officials bar speakers from criticizing the government?

Have courts addressed whether clapping at public meetings is protected by the First Amendment?

May I place fliers on car windshields in a shopping-mall parking lot?

Are city councils and similar public bodies required to have periods for public comment at meetings?

May I place leaflets on a windshield if the car is parked along a public street?

If a city has an ordinance that is 1) content-neutral, 2) narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and 3) leaves open ample alternative channels of communication, it could constitutionally restrict the placement of fliers on windshields.

May I hand out leaflets to passersby on a public sidewalk?

What is a true threat?

How have the lower courts handled the question of true threats?

Is it constitutional to have a separate law covering threats against the U.S. president?

How is the true-threats doctrine applied to student speech?

What constitutes 'imminent lawless action'?

Can military personnel attend anti-war protests?

Are members of the military allowed to participate in a campaign for a political candidate?

Can the military prevent the press from covering a war?

Are military personnel allowed to write letters to elected officials or to the editor of a newspaper?

Can military personnel collect names on a petition to send to elected officials?

FAQs about public employee speech