“The right to protest government peacefully is at the heart of who we are as a people.”
NEW brief filed late June 10th by DOJ's Civil Rights Division in the 9th Circuit.
Department of Justice Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Support of Free Speech Challenge to California's COVID-19 Ban on In-Person Political Protests
Recent Nationwide Protests Show the Importance of Allowing Peaceful Public Assembly
The Department of Justice today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of a lawsuit by plaintiffs Ron Givens and Christine Bish, two individuals seeking to hold peaceful in-person protests of 500 to 1,000 people with social distancing on the grounds of the California State Capitol Building.
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-friend-court-brief-support-free-speech-challenge-californias-covid