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The Speaker Ban Law Is Overturned

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On February 19, 1968, a three-judge federal panel overturned the law because of its vagueness and its violations of free speech. Although unenforceable, the Speaker Ban Law remained on the books until May 17, 1995, when the General Assembly repealed the law.