For the second time in a month, New Hampshire liberals will be forced to defend their restrictions on speech and expression before a federal appeals court in Boston. And if history is any guide, they will find themselves facing an uphill fight.

In November, it was the Bow, N.H., school district attempting to explain why banning speech about transgender issues it found hurtful was okay, even as it allowed affirming speech on the same topic. At one point the school district’s attorney compared free speech to “poison.”

The court did not appear impressed.

On Tuesday, that same federal appeals court will hear arguments in a closely watched free-speech case involving Nashua’s decision to reject a Pine Tree Flag application for its “Citizen Flag Pole,” a move free speech advocates say amou

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