Oddball
Unobtanium Member
Bullshit.Tenn blocked from enforcing curfew
U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger issued the order, which state officials did not fight.
"Political expression deserves the highest level of protection and it was unacceptable for the state to suddenly shut down protesters' speech and forcibly oust them from Legislative Plaza that has long been used as a place for peaceful expression," said Hedy Weinberg, executive director at the ACLU of Tennessee.
Can't argue with that.
Well what can one say, imposing a curfew on adults is unconstitutional except under declaration of martial law.
Whats more requiring the protesters to pay for a permit to protest is a de facto violation of their 1st amendment rights, just as poll taxes where once made unconstitutional on the grounds that ones right to vote is not contingent on ones ability to pay for it.
You have no right to take over and monopolize the public square.