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Article: Soothsayer speech: no fortunetelling ban.(Citings)(Brief article)
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- March 1, 2009
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THE CRYSTAL ball is dim, but spirits and signs indicate further victories for freedom of speech, even when money changes hands and consumer protection is allegedly at stake.
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In October a federal judge overturned a Livingston Parish, Louisiana, ban on "soothsaying, fortune telling, palm reading, clairvoyance, crystal ball gazing, mind reading, card reading and the like for a fee." U.S. District Judge James J. Brady ruled that the law, which was challenged by a store catering to the spiritual needs of Wiccans that hoped to move to the Livingston area, was a content-based prohibition that violated the First Amendment.
Robert ...