Legal Opinion
Raven v. Sajet
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 2018No. Case No. 1:17-cv-01240 (TNM)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. MCFADDEN, U.S.D.J.
Artist Julian Raven brought this action against the United States and senior leaders of the National Portrait Gallery over the Gallery's refusal to exhibit his portrait of then-President-elect Donald Trump. Mr. Raven claims that the decision was motivated by political bias, violating his rights under the First and Fifth Amendments. He may be right about the motivation, but he is wrong about the law. The First Amendment's Free Speech Clause does not limit the Gallery's art decisions, because it protects private speech, rather than curtailing government speech. Nor…
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