(JTA) Andrew Lapin - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a suit against protesters who have gathered weekly outside an Ann Arbor synagogue for nearly two decades holding anti-Israel and anti-Semitic signs. The court denied petitions by congregants who had argued that the protests targeted Jews at their place of worship, violating their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion. Attorney Nathan Lewin told JTA: "I am shocked and dismayed that the Supreme Court and the court of appeals view anti-Semitic picketing timed and designed to harass and intimidate Jews only when they come to pray - clearly protected by the First Amendment's Religion Clause - as free speech that may not be curtailed."
2022-05-26 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive