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The First Amendment And Peaceful Protests On Public Sidewalks

The U.S. Supreme Court eviscerated the First Amendment in a decision earlier this year and now ignores it while demanding a halt to peaceful protests at Justices' homes

Patricia G. Barnes, J.D.
Jul 06, 2022
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Years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court almost certainly would have overturned a Virginia law banning the picketing of private residences or assembling to “disrupt any individual’s right to tranquility in his home.”

Yet, U.S. Supreme Court Marshall Court Gail Curley recently wrote to officials in Virginia and Maryland d…

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