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Originally Posted by valo403
The Guy Fawkes mask argument would get you in the door, but you'd still have to demonstrate that the mask was actually part of the expression and not just a means to hide your face while commuting a crime.
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For a Fawkes mask specifically it's probably pretty easy to justify it as expression given it's rather broad use as a symbol (almost a brand really) of protest against real or preceived tyranny. Similerly someone wearing one of those exagerated politicial figure masks should likewise have little trouble justifying it as an act of expression. Probably harder to justify a belaclava or bandana on those grounds though.
Considering that it's already a crime to wear a mask while in commission of a crime I think this is at best a waste of time and at worst a potential infringement of civil liberties.