Stop Trump from Restricting Our Right to Demonstrate [View all]
The Trump administration is proposing to dramatically limit the right to demonstrate near the White House and on the National Mall. We need to stop these proposed regulations from taking effect. Submit your public comment against this unconstitutional proposal by Monday, October 15.
The federal government has placed this new proposed regulation online for public comment until Monday, October 15 and they must consider and respond to all issues raised in comments when deciding what regulations to adopt.
When you leave your comment, is particularly helpful for you to highlight in your comments your personal experiences using the White House sidewalk and National Mall to demonstrate in the past, and how these new proposed rules will harm your ability to exercise your First Amendment right to free speech in the future.
Items to consider when drafting your message:
Your Own Experiences: Highlight your personal examples of how you have used the White House sidewalk and National Mall to demonstrate in the past, and how these new proposed rules will harm your ability to exercise this first amendment right in the future.
Constitutional Rights: The closure would be a violation of our constitutional right to free speech and demonstration. The closure would violate an earlier court order, which permits demonstrations by at least 750 people on the White House sidewalk.
Charging for Free Speech: If a fee requirement had been in effect in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic March on Washington and his “I have a dream speech” probably couldn’t have happened.
https://action.aclu.org/petition/dc-restrict-demonstration-rights
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