Chicago's Swearing Law No Longer EnforcedPosted by Tiger at April 16, 2003 09:49 PM | TrackBackCHICAGO -- The Associated Press. Folks in Chicago can say what they want about a law against swearing.
And they can even swear about it -- because the law is no longer being enforced.
The city says officers won't be upholding a more than 100-year-old law aimed at banning swearing in public. The ordinance bans "indecent, lewd or filthy acts."
A city spokeswoman says most citations issued for "indecent acts" are for public urination -- but a new law outlawing that is already in place.
The law banning public swearing was the subject of a federal lawsuit last month, which claimed it violated the First Amendment.