Question

A small city has decided that members of a group must register in order to approach people asking for signatures against the building of a local oil refinery. The group says that this violates their First Amendment rights and files a lawsuit against the city. Since this argument involves interpreting the Constitution, what court will the case MOST likely end up in?
State Supreme Court

Federal Magistrate

Federal District Court

Supreme Court of the United States

Answer 1

Answer:

Federal District Court

Explanation:

The first case would likely start in the Federal District Court and could be appealed to the State Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court. As seen in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. the school district which suspended a girl for vulgar speech off school grounds started their case in the federal court of Middle District of Pennsylvania and eventually appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.

Edit: Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. did not appeal to the State Supreme Court likely because the First Amendment is a federal law and not state law.