ACLU-NCLF: Panhandling Ordinances May Violate First Amendment

On Jan. 3, 2012, the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation sent letters to officials in Wake County, Johnston County, and the City of Raleigh, expressing concern that recently enacted or proposed panhandling ordinances may violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read the letters below.

Letter to Wake County.

Letter to Johnston County.

Letter to the City of Raleigh.