"We have people with giant, grotesque signs that will scream and
videotape patients, and that is something that is directly instilling
fear and blocking women's access to their health care," Roxanne Sutocky
"It is no accident that public streets and sidewalks have developed as
venues for the exchange of ideas," Roberts said. "Even today, they
remain one of the few places where a speaker can be confident that he is
not simply preaching to the choir. With respect to other means of
communication, an individual confronted with an uncomfortable message
can always turn the page, change the channel, or leave the Web site...Thus, even though the Act says nothing about speech on its face, there
is no doubt—and respondents do not dispute—that it restricts access to
traditional public fora and is therefore subject to First Amendment
scrutiny," Chief Justice Roberts
