James Speet v. Bill Schuette

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a facial challenge to the constitutionality, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, of a Michigan statute that criminalizes begging. This appeal poses two issues. The first issue is whether begging is a form of solicitation that the First Amendment protects. We hold that it is. The second issue is whether, as the district court concluded, the statute violates — on its face — the First Amendment. We agree with the district court that it does. Michigan’s anti-begging statute cannot withstand…