A panel of D.C. federal judges has ruled in favor of pro-life protesters who were arrested after chalking "Black Pre-born Lives Matter" on a D.C. sidewalk in 2020. The ruling reverses a previous decision that dismissed a lawsuit from two anti-abortion groups, which argued that police violated their First Amendment rights.
"The government may not enforce the laws in a manner that picks winners and losers in public debates," wrote Judge Neomi Rao in her opinion. "It would undermine the First Amendment's protections for free speech if the government could enact a content-neutral law and then discriminate against disfavored viewpoints."
