At 01:25 PM 06/21/2001 -0700, David Honig wrote:
At 02:28 AM 6/21/01 -0400, George@Orwellian.Org wrote:
# police do not issue the group a permit to hold a rally. (Ed
Given that the Constitution protects the right to assemble, why do they need a permit?
Because they want to walk down the middle of the street without wearing automobiles. Not that New Yorkers are particularly bothered by jaywalking, but it's the kind of thing that upsets some people. Needing a permit to march non-blockingly down the sidewalk or hang out in the park (limiting their incendiary activities to rhetoric and not cross-burning) would be a constitutional issue, but that's a mostly lost battle as well; if you want to act like a parade in a big city, you generally need a permit.