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'Unconstitutional prohibition on the freedom of speech.' Judge blocks new Indiana panhandling law from taking effect

The new law aimed to prohibit people from requesting money within 50 feet of sites such as ATMs, business and restaurant entrances.

A federal judge has blocked Indiana’s new tougher anti-panhandling law the day before it was to take effect. The preliminary injunction issued Tuesday called the Republican-backed law “an unconstitutional prohibition on the freedom of speech.” 

U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson ordered it could not be enforced while the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana proceeds.

RELATED: ACLU of Indiana: New panhandling law violates free speech 

The new law aimed to prohibit people from requesting money within 50 feet of sites such as ATMs, business and restaurant entrances, public monuments or the location of a financial transaction, which includes parking meters.

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