The Right to Assemble: Responding to Protests, Spontaneous Gatherings, and Counter-Demonstrations
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The right to assemble is protected under both the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (“Congress shall make no law…abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble…”) and the Washington State Constitution Article I Section 4 (“The right of…the people peaceably to assemble for the common good shall never be abridged”). In
De Jonge v. State of Oregon, 299 U.S. 353, 364 (1937), the United States Supreme Court recognized that the “right of peaceable assembly is a right cognate to those of free speech and free press and is equally fundamental,” while reversing the conviction of defendant for “criminal syndicalism” (i.e., assisting in the conduct of a meeting of the Communist Party).
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Republicans Respond to Black Lives Matter with Anti-Protest Bills
Protesters demonstrate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Civil rights groups worry new Florida legislation restricting protest actions could suppress First Amendment rights.
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Genee Tinsley helped organize rallies and marches in Palm Beach County, Florida, last summer to protest police brutality, demand racial justice and call for redirecting some police funding to social services.
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