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The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act enforcement, protecting access to reproductive health facilities and places of worship
Protesting a place of worship because a congregant holds a controversial public office sits at the intersection of robust First Amendment protections for speech and assembly and narrowly permitted res...
Prosecutors must show that defendants used force, threats of force, physical obstruction, property damage, or intentional intimidation that injured or interfered with worshippers’ ability to exercise ...
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, 18 U.S.C. § 248, is written to protect both access to reproductive health facilities and the free exercise of religion at by criminalizing force, ...
Federal enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act has historically concentrated on protecting reproductive health clinics, with bringing dozens of cases and seeking injunctio...
Federal courts applying the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act have required prosecutors to prove the core statutory elements — use or threat of force, physical obstruction, intentional ...
Local police reports and municipal charges are often the factual and logistical starting point that bring alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to federal attentio...