Appeals Court Rules Nashua Flag Pole Policy Violates First Amendment: Follow-Up

Federal appeals court says Nashua violated First Amendment by censoring citizens' flags request

The case was brought by a Nashua couple after the city rejected their application to fly a Revolutionary War-era "Appeal to Heaven" flag at City Hall.

Appeals Court Rules Nashua Flag Pole Policy Violates First Amendment: Follow-Up

In a unanimous ruling, Nashua officials were told they cannot pick and choose which messages are permitted on the city's Citizens Flagpole.

N.H. city’s refusal to fly ‘Save Women’s Sports’ and ‘An Appeal to Heaven’ flags is unconstitutional, appeals court rules - The Boston Globe

The trial court initially concluded the plaintiffs hadn’t demonstrated a likelihood that their case would succeed, since the flags approved for display at City Hall constitute government speech. But three judges on the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision.

Appeals court finds Nashua flag policy violates First Amendment rights

A federal appeals court in Massachusetts has ruled Nashua officials violated a local couples' free speech rights when they rejected their request to fly right wing flags outside City Hall.

Nashua (N.H.) Exclusion of "Save Women's Sports" and "Detransitioner Awareness" Flags from City-Owned "Citizen Flag Pole" Violated First Amendment

From Scaer v. City of Nashua, decided today by First Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, joined by Judges Gustavo Gelpí and Jeffrey Howard: On City Hall Plaza, the government property outside of [Nashua] City Hall that is open to the public, there are four flagpoles of varying heights. Until 2017, Nashua exercised exclusive control over the flags flown on the poles, choosing to display only government flags such as the American flag and the New Hampshir…

Appeals Court Rules Nashua Flag Pole Policy Violates First Amendment

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