Supreme Court Strikes Down Sign Restrictions Challenged By Church

BuzzFeed - The town of Gilbert, Arizona, limited the size of "temporary directional signs" for nonprofit groups. A small church sued the town ? and won on Thursday at the Supreme Court. Mark Wilson / Getty Images WASHINGTON — Towns cannot limit signs posted by nonprofit groups — like churches — giving people directions to their event differently than they treat political and ideological signs without a compelling reason, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The Town of Gilbert, Arizona — which did so in limiting "temporary directional signs" posted by the Good News Community Church more than it would limit political candidates' signs — showed no compelling reason for the distinction. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Gilbert's treatment of such directional signs was unconstitutional. In the Supreme Court's decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, he found that "[t]he Town's Sign