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Citing First Amendment, Private Investigator Asks Supreme Court to Review License Denial

Citing First Amendment, Private Investigator Asks Supreme Court to Review License Denial
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington on March 10, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
9/15/2021|Updated: 9/16/2021

A private investigator is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the Maine Department of Public Safety denying him a license to practice his profession because he criticized a Maine State Police officer’s conduct in a fatal shooting.

The investigator, Joshua Gray, claims that the denial of the license constitutes a violation of his right to free speech under the First Amendment, according to his attorneys at the Institute for Justice (IJ), a public interest law firm with a special interest in occupational licensing issues.

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