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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

"Springfield panhandling ordinance ruled unconstitutional": Illinois Times has this report on an opinion on panel rehearing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued Friday.
Josh Blackman discusses Friday's ruling in a blog post titled "7th Circuit Invalidates Anti-Panhandling Ordinances After Reed v. Town of Gilbert."

i've been meaning to take a look at indy's ordinances on this topic.
also discussed at the ilb
http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2015/08/ind_decisions_7_845.html

 http://www.wthr.com/story/20937855/panhandling-ordinance-for-indianapolis

I saw a sign downtown that seemed to prohibit any panhandling, and I thought it was out of line.
i'm not a big fan of panhandling in general, but there are limits to what the government can do to discourage it.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/johnson-county/2014/10/30/aclu-greenwood-panhandling-rule-violates-constitution/18175951/ I've met Philadelphia Phil, cited in the article. and of course ken Faulk.
abdul shabaz has a solution http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2014/07/22/abdul-turned-indys-stingy-panhandlers/13001481/

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/call-6-investigators/cash-flows-to-indianapolis-panhandlers-caught-in-lies

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