The Supreme Court allowed people to protest in a place deemed at least partially public, or could be conceived as public grounds without permit, and without harrassment from police. If you ever get stopped by the police for this, tell them the Supreme Court of the U.S. has a law that allows you to do this regardless of their desire to arrest you, and that they can't. The law stems from the Pruneyard Shopping Center case:
So anytime you get harrassed, give them a leaflet from the Pruneyard case.
I'm not sure if this will let you off the hook, maybe a lawyer can help you find out if it does.
I'm not one. But after hearing this case, it really makes me question anytime I'm asked to refrain from what could be considered free speech on what appears to be public ground.
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at 21:56 on June 23rd, 2007
The Supreme Court allowed people to protest in a place deemed at least partially public, or could be conceived as public grounds without permit, and without harrassment from police. If you ever get stopped by the police for this, tell them the Supreme Court of the U.S. has a law that allows you to do this regardless of their desire to arrest you, and that they can't. The law stems from the Pruneyard Shopping Center case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruneyard_Shopping_Center
So anytime you get harrassed, give them a leaflet from the Pruneyard case.
I'm not sure if this will let you off the hook, maybe a lawyer can help you find out if it does.
I'm not one. But after hearing this case, it really makes me question anytime I'm asked to refrain from what could be considered free speech on what appears to be public ground.