Deborah Fisher, executive director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, analyzes the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' recent opinion in Ison v. Madison Local School District.

https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0156p-06.pdf

Examining an Ohio public school board policy, the court held that "a citizen cannot be thrown out of a public meeting simply because he or she offends, antagonizes or harshly criticizes a governing body or members of a governing body during public comment period."

The Sixth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over Tennessee and Kentucky as well as Ohio and Michigan.

Kentucky's open meetings law does not secure the public's right to comment at public meetings but does recognize that "no condition other than those required for the maintenance of order shall apply to the attendance of any member of the public at any meeting of a public agency."

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=42577

Ison addresses the First Amendment limits on removal of attendees at those meetings.