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Freedom of Speech: Analysis of a Case Study

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has been taught early and often. It is something that is largely accepted, but there are gray areas where it is not certain whether or not something is free speech  at all. Is it okay for someone to wander around in the nude in public as a form of self-expression? People have argued that it is, but they generally lose  as there are laws which prohibit public nudity. Even when the law has been challenged constitutionally, they lose in many instances. Also, no one could argue that mugging another human  being is a part of performance art. Indeed, Winona Ryder is arguing that she was just play acting when she managed to lift more than $5,000 worth of clothing from  a Saks department store. While certain types of free speech are obvious--writing and speaking--other types of "speech" are also protected but there are limits. A case study presented by  a student supposes that the City of Evanston enacted an ordinance that prohibited panhandling in the downtown business district and that the reason for enacting the ordinance was to eliminate  an activity that many citizens sees as a public nuisance, which is panhandling. This had made the downtown area less attractive for shoppers. What is proposed is a nuisance law,  with a nuisance being defined as something that contributes nothing to the social good but instead creates hazards or significant inconveniences and annoyances. A restriction on speech may result with  such an ordinance. While some might contend that freedom of speech is not an issue, even lap dancers have used the First Amendment to guarantee their free expression. A question  is whether or not the freedom of speech that would be truncated by the nuisance law, impede on the peoples rights to free speech, something that is an entitlement in