"City looking for ways to revive state curfew," is the headline to this front-page story this morning in the Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:
Indianapolis likely will ask the General Assembly to rewrite the state's curfew law after it was declared unconstitutional this week, city officials said Friday.Access earlier Indiana Law Blog coverage here (or simply scroll down to Thursday).City Attorney Scott Chinn said city and state lawyers would discuss an appeal of the decision by a federal appellate court, but he said tweaks to the state law could prove to be the easier fix. "Quite honestly, the 7th Circuit's decision gives a road map to what would be constitutional," Chinn said.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pointed to inadequate protections in the law for minors participating in First Amendment activities, such as religious and political activities.