On Tuesday, the justices in the state's highest court unanimously ruled that the 'civility restraints' used by the town of Southborough to silence a resident in 2018 when she made critical comments of the select board are unconstitutional
The Southborough Select Board may have found Louise Barron uncouth when she spoke during a 2018 meeting. But its effort to silence her was unconstitutional, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.
Barron had run afoul of Southborough's meeting policy, which said"All remarks and dialogue in public meetings must be respectful and courteous, free of rude, personal or slanderous remarks. Inappropriate language and/or shouting will not be allowed.”that"such civility restraints on the content of speech at a public comment session in a public meeting are forbidden."
A number of cities and towns in Massachusetts have similar rules in effect, Bourquin said. And the ACLU plans to monitor whether or not other municipalities change their policies and practices to comply.
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