ACLU Files to Continue Panhandling

(Albuquerque, New Mexico) Mayor Martin Chavez got an ordinance passed to prohibit panhandling in certain parts of the city and during specific hours in the entire city. The ACLU contended the ordinance violated the free speech rights of the panhandlers and convinced State District Judge William Lang to issue a temporary restraining order.

Somehow, I just don't think the framers of the Bill of Rights were thinking of beggars when they wrote and passed the First Amendment to the Constitution.