Perspective
May 21, 2016
Don't forget about our freedom of assembly
A recent Supreme Court ruling reminds that the First Amendment protects not only the right to political expression, but the "right of the people to peaceably assemble." By Diana Verm
It's a scenario straight from a law school hypothetical: A police officer employed by a city stops by the headquarters of his boss' rival mayor candidate to pick up a campaign sign for his bedridden mother. He's not supporting the rival mayoral candidate himself, but he is seen holding the sign and talking to campaign staffers, and word gets back to his superiors. The city demotes him for supporting the rival even though he wasn't in...
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