Source: https://w1.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/567/cox-v-new-hampshire
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 06:34:32+00:00

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A group of Jehovah's Witnesses carried signs, such as the ones above, reading “Religion is a Snare and a Racket” and on the reverse “Serve God and Christ the King” during a parade in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1939. Their efforts, not uncommon in these days, were intended to urge people to flee "false religion." However, members of the picketers in Manchester were convicted because they did not obtain the proper parade permit. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions, saying the permit process was valid under the First Amendment and did not discriminate based on viewpoint. (Photo, screenshot from YouTube).
In Cox v. New Hampshire, 312 U.S. 569 (1941), the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a number of Jehovah’s Witnesses for parading without a permit, ruling that their First Amendments rights to freedom of religion, speech, and assembly had not been violated.
He further noted, “The control of travel on the streets of cities is the most familiar illustration of this recognition of social need.” Permits would enable preparation for contingencies necessitated by demonstrations and were valid “time, place and manner” restrictions.
Hughes also rejected the idea that permit fees, ranging from a nominal amount to $300, were unreasonable and asserted that a flat fee would not as easily allow the city to adapt to contingencies.
He distinguished this decision from those concerning peaceful assembly in Lovell v. City of Griffin (1946), Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization (1939), Schneider v. State (1939), Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940), Thornhill v. Alabama (1940), and Carlson v. California (1940).
Lee, William E. “Lonely Pamphleteers, Little People, and the Supreme Court: The Doctrine of Time, Place, and Manner Regulations of Expression.” George Washington Law Review 54 (1986): 757–811.

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