Ninth Circuit Holds Transit Advertising Is Nonpublic Forum, But Prohibition on Demeaning or Disparaging Advertising is Unconstitutional By Brian J. Connolly on November 1, 2018 Posted in First Amendment News, Protests & Demonstrations, Public Forum AFDI sought to run an advertisement that was nearly identical to a U.S. State Department advertisement. Source: American Freedom Law Center. In a case that has been percolating for more than five years and which we reported on last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court…