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It happens. we are a country with enough gun violence that there's enough to go around. federal courthouses have seen their share. maybe they've seen more than their fair share. court proceedings can be stressful, themselves. they can be potent symbols. courthouses can be potent symbols for people. maybe it sets some people off. arguably. at the supreme court in washington, one of the ways they have mitigated some of the physical risk that the justices may face there is that they have surrounded the united states supreme court building, itself, with a very large physical buffer zone. this is a...

Incident at two abortion clinics in massachusetts in 1994. lawmakers in massachusetts eventually established a 35-foot buffer zone, basically a protest-free zone around abortion clinics in part to deal with concerns like those. today the u.s. supreme court struck down the massachusetts law. joining us now, marty wawalsh, m rer member of the massachusetts state legislature. she's now head of the planned parenthood league of massachusetts. thanks very much for being with us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> first, let me ask you your reaction to today's ruling. a lot of people predicted the l...

Rights even on election day, but you can not exercise your first amendment rights to protest and to agitate and to do things you might be able to do elsewhere. you can't exercise those rights inside the buffer zone sort of no-protest zone, the no-politicking zone that exists on election day around our polling places. the supreme court also not that long ago specifically affirmed no-protest zones, buffer zones, around military funerals. if you are someone who believes best use of your time is to protest at the funerals of american service members, for whatever reason, there are people who belie...

The supreme court has also upheld buffer zones, no-protest zones outside polling places on election days. you can do all sorts of things to make your political preferences known beyond just voting yourself. you can try to persuade people to vote the way you want them to vote. hold signs, hold demonstrations. you can yell at people, hold publicity stunts, reason with people to persuade them to do what you want them to do. you can't do any of that inside the polling place. most places, you can't do any of that anywhere near the polling place. yes, you have first amendment rights even on election...