Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
IJ condemns the city of Germantown, Tennessee for its brazen violation of Americans’ free speech rights after it cited Alexis Luttrell, a Germantown resident, for violating the city’s sign code.
Her supposed crime: Incorporating Halloween decorations like skeletons into her Christmas yard display.
You would think that only a grinch would look at Luttrell’s decorations and think they deserve a court summons.
But IJ cases from over a decade show that officials across the country regularly abuse ordinary Americans by acting like the “speech police.”
Read more here: ij.org/press-release/public-interest-law-firm-condemns-city-of-germantown-for-fining-resident-over-spooky-christmas-decorations
IJ condemns the city of Germantown, Tennessee for its brazen violation of Americans’ free speech rights after it cited Alexis Luttrell, a Germantown resident, for violating the city’s sign code.
Her supposed crime: Incorporating Halloween decorations like skeletons into her Christmas yard display.
You would think that only a grinch would look at Luttrell’s decorations and think they deserve a court summons.
But IJ cases from over a decade show that officials across the country regularly abuse ordinary Americans by acting like the “speech police.”
Read more here: ij.org/press-release/public-interest-law-firm-condemns-city-of-germantown-for-fining-resident-over-spooky-christmas-decorations
