Robbinsdale Clinic, P.A. v. Pro-Life Action Ministries

I respectfully dissent because I disagree with the majority’s constitutional analysis and its disposition of the appeal. The district court crafted a comprehensive injunction to deal with the escalating problems caused by protestors near the Robbinsdale Clinic. The injunction imposes time, place, and manner restrictions on expression. See Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, 468 U.S. 288, 298,104 S.Ct. 3065, 3071, 82 L.Ed.2d 221 (1984).

Time, place, and manner restrictions are valid only if they are content neutral; narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest; and…