Not on the Justice’s lawn; not at the transom… but on the public streets… peaceful protests cannot be unlawful. The federal First Amendment guarantees that.
A Virginia statute (VA Code Title 18.2, Chap. 9, § 18.2-419) that purports to prevent “disrupting a private home’s tranquility” cannot trump the federal First Amendment, and so it explicitly contains a savings clause — for meetings around the discussion of matters of substantial public concern, at subsection (3). The leaked Alito Dobbs draft is just that.
As another eloquently wrote in Reason:
“…The street and sidewalk are public spaces, and it’s legally permissible to protest there. The First Amendment rightly protects Americans whose displeasure with their government’s policies compels them to engage in free expression—even if the form that expression takes is hostile and unpleasant. The Bill of Rights enshrines the people’s right to protest; there is no right enjoyed by government actors to avoid witnessing protests.…”
So… take a seat John. You are in the wrong, again — as a matter of law. No surprise, there.
Out.
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