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Government,
Constitutional Law

Apr. 28, 2020

Demonstrators oppose ban on gatherings

The Dhillon Law Group and the Law Office of D. Gill Sperlein has joined forces to represent a group of demonstrators fighting the governor's directives to shut down some First Amendment-protected activities.

Demonstrators opposing the governor's stay-at-home orders claimed in a lawsuit Monday their constitutional rights were infringed when they were denied a permit to protest at the State Capitol.

"In times of crisis, governments often seek to curtail fundamental constitutional rights, such as the right to assemble and petition the government," said one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, D. Gill Sperlein. "It is precisely at these times that th...

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