US Flag First Amendment Question

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Amanda Karras
Mon, Feb 10, 2025 7:16 PM

A member poses the following question: Does your City/County have different rules or preferences in terms of size for displaying U.S. flags or "official flags as defined in state law" on private property versus other noncommercial flags?

The member recognizes the Reed v. Town of Gilbert / First Amendment challenges but wanted to pose the question to see if anyone saw any way to create a different size standard for US flags after Reed.  Please feel free to send me your responses at akarras@imla.orgmailto:akarras@imla.org and I'll pass them along.

Thanks,
Amanda

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A member poses the following question: Does your City/County have different rules or preferences in terms of size for displaying U.S. flags or "official flags as defined in state law" on private property versus other noncommercial flags? The member recognizes the Reed v. Town of Gilbert / First Amendment challenges but wanted to pose the question to see if anyone saw any way to create a different size standard for US flags after Reed. Please feel free to send me your responses at akarras@imla.org<mailto:akarras@imla.org> and I'll pass them along. Thanks, Amanda [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Amanda Karras (she/her) Executive Director / General Counsel International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 x7116 D: (202) 742-1018 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 Plan Ahead! See IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming.