Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Daniel Ortner
“This Halloween as you take your kids trick-or-treating, you likely aren’t thinking about the First Amendment. But you should be. After all, going door-to-door to ‘solicit’ — whether for money, votes, or candy — is quintessential First Amendment-protected speech. The First Amendment protects everyone from Mormon missionaries and political canvassers to children and teens wearing Halloween costumes. The Supreme Court has emphasized in recent years ‘the important role that door-to-door canvassing and pamphleteering has played in our constitutional tradition of free and open discussion.’ Wearing costumes is likewise a form of speech protected against government censorship.” (10/28/24)
https://www.thefire.org/news/first-amendment-protects-your-right-trick-or-treat