‘Chanukah on Ice’ Ad Was Improperly Nixed by Transit Authority

A local transit authority can’t enforce its policy prohibiting advertisements on its buses and property that promote a religious faith or organization, and specifically concerning a synagogue’s ad for “Chanukah on Ice,” the Eleventh Circuit said.

Young Israel of Tampa Inc., an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, sued the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, alleging its rejection of its Chanukah on Ice advertisement was unconstitutional.

HART’s policy “is unreasonable because it fails to define key terms, lacks any official guidance, and vests too much discretion in those charged with its application,” the opinion by Judge Adalberto Jordan said Wednesday for the US ...