California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People ex rel. Gallo v. Acuna, 34 Cal.App.4th 136, 40 Cal.Rptr.2d 589 (Cal. App. 1995):
Hence, "The First Amendment generally prevents government from proscribing speech [citation], or even expressive conduct [citation], because of disapproval of the ideas expressed. Content-based regulations are presumptively invalid." (R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota (1992) 505 U.S. 377, ----, 112 S.Ct. 2538, 2542, 120 L.Ed.2d 305 citations omitted; Texas v. Johnson, supra, 491 U.S. at p. 414, 109 S.Ct. at p. 2545.)
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