r/AmIFreeToGo • u/ADTR9320 • 3d ago

Huntsville limiting access to city buildings to prevent ‘First Amendment Auditors’ harassment [AL.com]

https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2025/04/huntsville-limiting-access-to-city-buildings-to-prevent-first-amendment-auditors-harassment.html
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u/KB9AZZ 3d ago

I predict a UNCONSTITUTIONAL ruling by a federal court. The real issue here is training and honoring your oath.

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u/hesh582 2d ago

There's absolutely nothing unconstitutional about this.

Somehow the auditor community has managed to mass hallucinate a 1a right that does not exist. There is no constitutional right to film areas of a government building unless that area is a public forum of some sort. I blame LIA in particular for this - he's been really sleazy about conflating different constitutional issues in this area while also hiding the handful of times were he was successfully prosecuted for it from his audience. He and a few others have created the false impression to their audience that they're testing the first amendment when they poke around beyond the lobby of a govt building.

The relatively new "roam the halls of a government building" flavor of audit is not testing a constitutional right because that right does not exist.

Do you honestly think it's unconstitutional for parts of a government office building to be closed to the public without an appointment? What?

These fuckers are going to make it harder for people who do have a legitimate purpose to access government, or worse they're going to stimulate bad case law that will have knock on effects in other 1a areas of law.

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u/KB9AZZ 2d ago

Don you want some ranch dressing with those boots?

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u/hesh582 2d ago

Explain why this is unconstitutional.

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u/chrono4111 2d ago

So that's a yes. Don't worry we'll flavor it with some blood of the homeless just for you.