Food truck removed from Statehouse Market over slogan; could have free speech implications

By: Jack Forrest

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 734

Last Updated: 3 days, 11 hours ago

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A food truck that’s been a regular at the Indiana Statehouse’s weekly market for about two years had its participation revoked over a slogan on the side of the vehicle, and one law professor thinks it brings First Amendment questions.

In an email to Smash Daddy’s Burgers, Fries, Etc., a state personnel department official said they’d “received several complaints regarding the slogan” and, as a result, had “been directed to cancel” two upcoming …

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