The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a former South Florida congressional candidate’s challenge to a conviction for trespassing while collecting petition signatures outside a gun show.
The court, as is common, did not explain its reasons Wednesday for declining to hear an appeal by Christine Scott.
Scott went to the Supreme Court in August after the 4th District Court of Appeal upheld her conviction on a misdemeanor charge.
Scott contended that the Florida Constitution provides a broader right than the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment to free speech on private property, according to court documents.
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Scott was arrested outside a gun show held on private property owned by South Florida Fair and Palm Beach County Expositions, Inc.
The appeals court said part of the Florida Constitution does not “provide an expanded right requiring private property owners to permit political speech on their property over their objection.”
The appeals court ruling did not say when Scott was arrested, but she ran in 2022 as an unaffiliated candidate in Congressional District 23.
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