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SUPREME COURT BUILDING REGULATIONS

REGULATION SIX
April 25, 2000

This Regulation is issued under authority of 40 U. S. C.
§ 13l to protect the Supreme Court building and grounds,
and persons and property thereon, and to maintain suitable
order and decorum within the Supreme Court building and
grounds. Any person who fails to comply with this Regula-
tion may be subject to a ﬁne and/or imprisonment pursuant
to 40 U. S. C. § 13m.

The use of signs on the perimeter sidewalks on the Su-

preme Court grounds is regulated as follows:

1. No signs shall be allowed except those made of card-

board, posterboard, or cloth.

2. Supports for signs must be entirely made of wood, have
dull ends, may not be hollow, and may not exceed 3⁄4 inch at
their largest point. There shall be no nails, screws, or bolt-
type fastening devices protruding from the wooden supports.

3. Hand-carried signs are allowed regardless of size.
4. Signs that are not hand-carried are allowed only if

they are

(a) no larger than 4 feet in length, 4 feet in width, and
1⁄4 inch in thickness (exclusive of braces that are reason-
ably required to meet support and safety requirements,
as set forth in section 2 above), and not elevated so as
to exceed a height of 6 feet above the ground at their
highest point;

(b) not used so as to form an enclosure of two or

more sides;

(c) attended at all times (attended means that an indi-

vidual must remain within 3 feet of each sign); and

(d) not arranged in such manner as to create a single
sign that exceeds the size limitations in subsection (a).

5. No individual may have more than two non-hand-

carried signs at any one time.

Notwithstanding the above, no person shall carry or place
any sign in such a manner as to impede pedestrian trafﬁc,
access to and from the Supreme Court plaza or building, or
to cause any safety or security hazard to any person.