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The First Amendment protects the power of speech. It doesn't protect the power of screech.

Leanne Robbin, a Maine assistant attorney general who successfully argued in federal court for a state law that bans protesters who are so loud they can be heard inside a building where people are receiving health services. The case centered around anti-abortion protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Leanne Robbin, a Maine assistant attorney general who successfully argued in federal court for a state law that bans protesters who are so loud they can be heard inside a building where people are receiving health services. The case centered around anti-abortion protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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