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Protesting in New York

jdavidb on 2004-09-03T15:41:25

I wonder how this came out.

Just to show that I am more libertarian than the Libertarians, I'll mention that if all those pieces of property were actually owned by someone, the only permission you'd need to hold a protest would be that of the owner of the piece of property, not the government.

Central Park

zatoichi on 2004-09-03T17:29:46

I think the article mentioned Central Park. If that is where they wanted to assemble then they need a permit to do so on that specific area. In one sense he is wrong. If you want to parade down a street, you need a permit. That does not infringe on the right to assemble. There are a whole bunch of reasons a permit is need none of which denies the assembly right.

Re:Central Park

pudge on 2004-09-15T02:16:28

Yeah, it is long-established precedent that the government can require permits for demonstrations if there is an important government interest in doing so, the regulations are content-neutral, etc.