littlemisssmartypants suggested that I should cross post this thread here.

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2. On that thread, sadoldgirl posted this reply:

On another op I posted something like this:

When I was joining our OWS group, the police broke up the gathering. 2 days later I read in the paper that in 1984 or1986 the SCOTUS had come down with a decision about the First Amendment rights giving local authorities the right to declare when, how, and where the citizens were allowed to protest. This was supposedly the delayed reaction to the Anti- Vietnam war gatherings.

I have never been able to find that case nor the decision, but wished someone else could enlighten us.

I don't agree with the SCOTUS on this, but it seemed it made this the law.Thus, I don't know whether a new lawsuit by the ACLU would help, especially with the present court.

That ruling seems twisted indeed, but since this "keep moving" rule would preemptively prevent many who are old, sick, or disabled from exercising their First Amendment rights, I think that there would be grounds for a lawsuit over that point.