Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Sanchez Ramos
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 21, 2006No. 05-1798PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Following her failed efforts to force an agency of the Puerto Rican government to display the American flag in its central office, plaintiff-appellant Miriam J. Ramirez found herself on the wrong end of criminal charges brought pursuant to the Riot Act, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 33, § 4522. Claiming that the Riot Act impermissibly infringed her First Amendment right to political expression and that the party in power was using it as a tool to harass political opponents, the plaintiff mounted a constitutional challenge. 1 After the criminal charges were dropped, the district…
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