Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky

Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 28, 2018 Decided June 14, 2018
Full case name	Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al., Petitioners v. Joe Mansky, et al.
Docket no.	16-1435
Citations	585 U.S. ___ (more) 138 S. Ct. 1876; 201 L. Ed. 2d 201; 86 U.S.L.W. 4401
Case history
Prior	Minnesota Majority v. Mansky, 849 F.3d 749 (8th Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 138 S. Ct. 446 (2017).
Holding
Minnesota's ban on political apparel at polling places violates the First Amendment's free speech clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch
Dissent	Sotomayor, joined by Breyer

Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, 585 U.S. ___ (2018), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning the constitutionality of governmental speech restrictions in a polling place venue. The case challenged a century-old Minnesota law that prevents voters from wearing clothing or items considered political while voting. While the Supreme Court previously affirmed that political campaigning near polling places may be restricted, the Minnesota law was challenged on being overbroad and violation of free speech rights under the First Amendment. The case's decision was issued on June 14, 2018, with the Court finding 7–2 that the Minnesota law was overbroad of what could be considered "political" speech, violating free speech rights and deemed unconstitutional.^[1]