Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Brennen VanderVeen
“Imagine putting a political sign in your yard, only to have your town threaten to fine you $1,000 a day for not following arbitrary size and placement rules. That’s exactly what happened to four residents of Lodi, New Jersey. But with the help of FIRE Legal Network attorney Randall Peach and his colleagues at the law firm Woolson Anderson Peach, they fought back — suing Lodi for violating their First Amendment rights. Like many places, Lodi regulates yard signs on private property, but its rules blatantly violate the First Amendment by singling out ‘political’ signs — regulating how tall, wide, and close to the property line such signs can be, as well as whether they are up during the ‘correct’ time of year.” (02/26/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/town-fought-residents-over-political-yard-signs-now-its-paying-price