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Shot and killed. it was strengthened to 35 feet. it is that 2007 law from massachusetts, the 35 foot buffer zone is awaiting word on its fate in the supreme court. the court ruled in favor of colorados version of this law. this year, everyone expects the rules going to rule against the massachusetts buffer zone or at least theyre going to weaken it. the court has heard the oral arguments in the massachusetts case already, theyre expected to rule on it in june. if they do rule against the 35 foot...

Closer than 300 feet to the entrance of that military funeral that you are protesting. thats how the law and the courts balance that particular right to free speech with the rights of the loved ones of that fallen service member not to be harassed and terrorized as they attend the funeral of the person they loved. same general idea for protesters at the supreme court of the united states. if youre protesting at the supreme court in washington, d.c., whether youre happy with the supreme court or ...

Laws that protect prospective voters that fulfill their right to vote. you can protest on election day, but you can only get so close when you do it. you have to abide by a buffer zone, so you dont interfere with people as they go about casting their votes. the size of the buffer zone varies from state to state. you have to stay 150 feet away from the entrance of a polling place when voting is underway. but there are also buffer zone laws at military funerals. if youre someone who believes the b...

Least theyre going to weaken it. the court has heard the oral arguments in the massachusetts case already, theyre expected to rule on it in june. if they do rule against the 35 foot buffer zone, that ruling could have reverberations not just for massachusetts, but for any state with a similar buffer zone set up for clinics that provide abortion, and not just abortion clinics. military funerals, other places where buffer zones limit free speech geographically in the name of protecting other right...

Have you to stay a certain distance away from the entrance to the court. there are no protests of any kind, no public demonstrations of any kind allowed anywhere on the 250 foot plaza of the supreme court. you want to protest at the court youre welcome to, but theres a very specific geographic limit on that right which gives the court espectively a 250 foot geographical buffer zone from any protest. on december 30th, 1994 a man with a gun, 22-year-old man walks into the planned parenthood clinic...

Voters that fulfill their right to vote. you can protest on election day, but you can only get so close when you do it. you have to abide by a buffer zone, so you dont interfere with people as they go about casting their votes. the size of the buffer zone varies from state to state. you have to stay 150 feet away from the entrance of a polling place when voting is underway. but there are also buffer zone laws at military funerals. if youre someone who believes the best use of your time is to pro...

From the entrance of a polling place when voting is underway. but there are also buffer zone laws at military funerals. if youre someone who believes the best use of your time is to protest at the funerals of american service members, there are people who believe that, god bless their souls. the u.s. constitution and right to free speech means you have a right to protest at funerals, but again, buffer zone. federal law says you can get no closer than 300 feet to the entrance of that military fun...

Were murdered because they were abortion providers. that has happened to six others. most recently drchl george till never 2009. this is a real risk that people suffer through every day to get to work and to work and buffer zones dont cure the problem but they provide a space. paul hill who is one of the protesters who killed a doctor in florida stood right outside the clinic. he was able to gret close access. there was no buffer zone. buffer zones help protect peoples safety. >> nancy. >> i was...

Walked the gauntlet just to get in the door. some shouts, quietly imploring, some condemning her, trying to get her to change her mind, showing her images, all turning a woman who was seeking a medical procedure to a target. thats when i saw the vulnerability of a woman. this week these women, those whose reproductive choices are jikt to public scrutiny in abortion clinics were the heart of the case considered by the supreme court. at issue was a massachusetts law passed in 2007 to create a buff...

Saying that women dont know what theyre doing. its plain punitive because the north carolina law said if the woman says i dont want to see this and i dont want to hear this, she turns away, she covers her ears, the doctor is supposed to keep on yapping at her and yapping at her, and so that shows that its not about information. its about some kind of punitive performance that the doctors supposed to go there, in violation of her or his ethics as well as the issues. >> your point is well taken. i...