The legal challenge raised to the door to door work could be
huge in its effects. Even if the Supreme Court strikes down
the ordinance, the precise ruling may injure the preaching work.
Why?
Even the dissenting opinion upholds the legal standing of a
trespass if a person puts up a no soliciting sign. It appears that
do not calls are on solid ground legally. Witnesses could be
fined if they violate such, if local ordinances permit.
The majority opinion note that statements by the Supreme Court
support the concept of right of local authorities to regulate,
to some degree, door to door solicitation, even "under the cloak
of religion" ( see sixth court decision).
There may be an enormous opportunity here! There is a detailed
concern by the courts over the possibility of fraud by door
to door canvassers. If child molesters or others with criminal
records are freely permitted to go door to door, by the organization,
this should be brought to the courts attention!
At some point, the Watchtower Legal staff could be forced to
issue internal commands (letters to bodies of elders) to
"screen" publishers - or take more action on the child abuse
issue - or they may cooperate with local authorities to prevent
the organization from being associated with criminals who pose
as Witnesses - thus, AGREEING to a measure of RESTRICTION to
save themselves.
This could be big.
metatron