<< The argument: Some animal rights types have been told to shut up about
their cause by the owners of the mall within which they were demonstrating.
The demonstrators counter that shopping mall's are simply the latter-day
version of the market-place, a place dedicated to the gathering of citizens
as members of civil society, and just about the only such public space left
- so the First Amendment applies.
The owner's response? 'It's MY mall, so there!'.
>>
As matter of law, he's right. I wouldn't count on the current US Supremes to change that. The Minnesota Supremes might be a different story. Or the Minnesota legislature.
--jks