MBE Rules · Constitutional Law
1A — Time/place/manner regulation
The rule
A content-neutral time, place, or manner restriction on speech in a traditional or designated public forum is valid if it (1) is content-neutral, (2) is narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest (need not be the least restrictive means), and (3) leaves open ample alternative channels of communication.
In plain English
This is the intermediate-scrutiny test for regulating WHEN, WHERE, and HOW speech occurs — not WHAT is said. Noise ordinances, parade permits, buffer zones. Content-based rules jump to strict scrutiny instead.
The trap
Reading 'narrowly tailored' here to require the least-restrictive-means (it does not — that's strict scrutiny).
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