A Fifth Circuit panel appeared divided Monday on the constitutionality of a Louisiana law allowing police officers to order people not to come within 25 feet of them.
Act 259, passed in 2024, makes it a crime for a person to approach within 25 feet of a police officer after the officer has ordered them to stop approaching or to retreat. Shortly before the law took effect, a group of media companies, including major ones like USA TODAY Co. (formerly known as Gannett) and Nexstar, brought suit challenging the law. They argue Act 259 impinges on journalists’ ability to engage in newsgathering.
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