Following the massive rallies in 2011, the Department of Administration imposed new rules and began ticketing protesters. ACLU attorney Larry Dupuis filed a challenge to the rules on behalf of a protester who had stopped attending daily singing rallies fearing he'd be ticketed. Dupuis says Judge William Conley's ruling makes it clear that the state Capitol is one place where free-speech rights should not be restricted.
Dupuis: “The way the building even is constructed is designed to make it a crossroads for people to meet and discuss the issue of the day. In light of that, he recognized that permits are an imposition. They are a burden on speech and therefore they have to narrowly tailored to meet a legitimate need of government.”