local families to head to capitol hill to do some sledding. but capitol police have been dropping the fun hammer telling kids sledding is not permitted anymore on capitol hill. those are very ba humbug reports. there has to be a kernel of truth. is it true or false that it's illegal to sled down capitol hill? is that true or false? true. seriously, it's true. there's a reason for the confusion over this issue, because people have been sledding on capitol hill for as long as anybody can remember but it is illegal. the sledding ban was put in place after september 11 there in the regulations of the architect of the capitol. that was apparently some sort of national imperative after 9/11 even though they don't always enforce it. but for whatever reason they are enforcing it right now in d.c. snow. and d.c.'s delegate to congress