• Glendale hit with federal lawsuit over panhandling, traffic ordinance • Civil rights and First Amendment groups allege free speech violations • Plaintiffs claim enforcement, language of the law to be unconstitutional

Glendale’s panhandling ordinance, adopted ahead of the 2023 Super Bowl despite warnings of First Amendment falter, is finally facing legal challenge in federal court.

A lawsuit filed by the First Amendment Clinic at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Public Justice and the American Civil Liberties Foundation of Arizona seeks to strike down two city ordinances for alleged free speech violations.

“In Glendale, it is legal to carry a sign that says Jesus loves me, for example, but it is not legal to carry a sign that says Jesus wants you to gi

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