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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by jcranmer on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:42PM (#39185379)
Those laws are frequently overturned as unconstitutional, but may still remain on the books because we don't do a good job of clearing out laws that were ruled unconstitutional.

As a general rule of thumb, almost every time someone brings an edge case about whether or not speech is First Amendment-privileged before SCOTUS, SCOTUS rules in favor of the speech. (The main exception is speech of students in school.) SCOTUS hasn't specifically ruled on anti-mask laws to my knowledge, but I strongly doubt it would uphold those laws.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by jonathankoren on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:05PM (#39185555)
The last court case was 2004, and the New York anti-mask was upheld.

You don’t have to pontificate. The link was right there.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by whiddershins on Monday January 29, 2024 @10:45PM (#39186177)
Random aside, I haven’t seen NY enforce the anti mask legislation during the Halloween parade, various protests, or Covid. So I bet a new constitutional challenge could be erected.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by jonathankoren on Monday January 29, 2024 @11:55PM (#39186517)
You're trolling right?
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