Carey v. Brown

Mr. Justice Rehnquist, with whom The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Blackmun join,

dissenting.

I address the merits of the Court’s constitutional decision first, although I also seriously question the appellees’ standing to assert the grounds for invalidity on which the Court apparently relies.1 One who reads the opinion of the Court is probably left with the impression that Illinois has enacted a residential picketing statute which reads: “All residential picketing, except for labor picketing,■ is prohibited.” 'Such an *473impression is entirely understandable; indeed, it is created by the Court’s…