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Title: Trump Administration Decides Free Speech Isn't Free: Publishes Plans to Tax Protests and Close White House Sidewalk to Protests
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Global Research
URL Source: https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump ... e-sidewalk-to-protests/5653961
Published: Sep 13, 2018
Author: Global Research
Post Date: 2018-09-14 19:42:00 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 10514
Comments: 95
(Global Research) In a major reversal of long-standing federal policy, the Trump Administration has issued a new plan to charge demonstrators for the right to use our public parks, sidewalk, and streets that are on federal land in the nation’s capital for First Amendment activity. Among other areas, this includes the National Mall, Lafayette Park, the Lincoln Memorial and the sidewalk in front of the Trump Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. The federal Pay-to-Protest in DC plan includes charging demonstrators for the cost of barricades and fencing erected at the discretion of police; salaries of personnel deployed to monitor the protest; trash removal and sanitation charges; permit application fees and costs that the government will assess on “harm to the turf.” In addition, the Department of Interior under Ryan Zinke has quietly moved to close the iconic White House sidewalk to protest. The National Park Service’s recent regulatory filing shows plans to close the sidewalk to demonstrations leaving only a narrow pedestrian passageway. The Nixon administration notoriously ordered buses to surround the White House during Vietnam War protests, blocking access to the sidewalk. Now the Trump administration wants to issue a regulatory change to essentially block all protests from the sidewalk permanently. These plans were contained in a 94-page regulatory proposal that was published in the federal register by the National Park Service, under the Department of the Interior. The public has until October 15, 2018, to register their opposition. “Never before in history have protestors been required to pay to demonstrate on federal land in the nation’s capital. This is a protest tax on the exercise of First Amendment rights intended to burden and suppress dissent,” stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights lawyer and executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. “Free speech is not free if you have to pay for it. The exercise of free speech is a fundamental right and this measure is anti-democratic at its core,” stated Carl Messineo, constitutional rights lawyer and legal director of the PCJF. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has launched a legal challenge and grassroots organizing campaign to stop this plan, including a petition in opposition to the plan here. Click here to read an OpEd by the PCJF’s Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo in the Washington Post. The original source of this article is Global Research
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
"Never before in history!!!" (Lotta that going around -- not that YOU care about it.) Chyeah, the nerve. I guess that means your SJW/BLM/Antifa allies and thugs won't be able to hijack the events of those WITH permits...OR punch out and bait Trump Supporters and Pro-Lifers? I'm all broken up about this proposal. Will you now contribute to the ACLU/SPLC "GO FUND ME projects?? *sob, sniffle*
Always a pleasure to read your jingoistic posts. It's a shame though that you are unable to grasp the First Amendment infringements this poses. Funny thing - you'd be howling like a banshee if Obama had done something like this.
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
Yeah. "MAGA" is obscene, isn't it? Hey -- we still have a 1A that entitles you to sit your azz on the political fence as propagandists have their way with you. NEWSFLASH: Fascists are trying to twist the truth and destroy the USA It's a shame though that you are unable to grasp the First Amendment infringements this poses. Funny thing - you'd be howling like a banshee if Obama had done something like this. Here's an even funnier thing; IF 0bama did it, by default it'd HELP fascist cause AND restrict REAL freedom. The 1A was severely restricted during 0bama's 8 years. That's right -- for EIGHT YEARS, his LE, DoJ, IRS, and his kangaroo courts made sure of it (You missed all that, huh?
Missed no, ignored definitely. I love it when Trump trolls the tards. lol...
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Yet - when Trump does it - according to you he's a hero. Yeah, now that's funny. The 1A was severely restricted during 0bama's 8 years. That's right -- for EIGHT YEARS, his LE, DoJ, IRS, and his kangaroo courts made sure of it. Yeah - you seem to forget the "Free Speech Zones" instituted by Bush. No president has a monopoly on silencing free speech. Trump is no different in that respect.
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
The Trumpkins loved it when the protests were against Obama, but now that they're against Trump, you're an ANTIFA commie! Closing the streets in front of the WH & other gov facilities is a clear violation of the 1st amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances. I recall the LBJ war protests at the WH in '67-'68. Trump has proven that he's a bigger ahole than LBJ! Contrary to popular sheeple opinion, you don't need no stinking permits to protest.
Then you should remember that LBJ used to expose himself to people and rubbed his junk on them, right??
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
I agree with her statement. I used to attend some FReaker protests many moons ago against Slick Willy. Made a good opportunity to visit friends in the area after protesting for a few hours.
Deckard, we've had our differences, but I always considered you fundamentally a sincere truth and liberty seeker. I'm going to give you a mulligan in this case. Only because I have a feeling you're distracted,succumbing to some un-revealed external pressure or influence. This issue is is slam-dunk case IF ONLY you would focus on context and a fair and honest assessment and overview of BOTH respective agendas of 0bama vs Trump.
Trump is no different in that respect. Erroneous equation. Of course you would answer 5 = 2 + 2. :-(
I never heard that unless you're speaking from experience.
Your devolution of judgement and succumbing to propaanda has been one of the saddest things I've seen in this (or LP) forum in this case. I don't know that you're redeemable.
With all due respect - spare me your bogus psycho-babble bullshit, OK sport? If you can't see the First Amendment ramifications here, then you're the one who needs help. If it's bad when Obama suppresses political speech, why is it good when Trump does it?
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
AT charloTTesville The lefT sTarTed a rioT Killed someone Then blamed Trump They should all do jail Time Love If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Fred, Unc may laugh. Or NOT. Or may not decide to clean your clock with that statement/joke. Good luck wit dat.
That's these crusaders' problem: AMNESIA. (Or utter ignorance.) LBJ and his reptilian ego contributed to HOW MANY deaths in Nam?? (not to mention murders of political opponents??)
Sorry. I call it as I see it. You've sold out.
The right search engine may expand your horizons (knowledge) Google won't.
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
I see it alright; As protection FOR CONSERVTIVES whose liberty's and free speech rights are ubiquitous QUASHED by PAID, ORGANIZED Disruptors, like Antifa-Dems mercs, BLM mercs, and other PAID disruptors of conservative venues. Btw, you mean you have been oblivious to Craigslist hires? If YOU have missed all that, my medical license has lapsed ;-) I can't help your amnesia.
You must have been more buzzed, than I was.
Some folks love to believe their heroes are as pure as the driven snow, if they'd open their eyes they'd go blind with the truth.
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans!
The lefT sTarTed a rioT Killed someone Then blamed Trump They should all do jail Time +100 YES INDEED! Both sides at Charlottesville even took the SAME BUS to the organized STUNT.
Me Three!
Nice job of projecting there pal. My political views have not changed, and I'm sorry if it disturbs you that I am not going all in for Trump and drinking the kool-aid like you are. If anyone has "sold out" it's you. At one time you could see behind the curtain and even mocked those who put "party over principle". Now look at you - just another member of the Cult Of Personality. Let me make this clear to you - I do not hate Trump - he has done some good things indeed. But I am not going to remain silent when something is amiss with him and his administration.
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
Yeah I get it - Obama suppressing speech = BAD! Trump suppressing speech - GOOD!
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
As we know, nobody's perfect. But these people are so used to kneepads and confusing abuse for "love", I think they actually fear the Truth. Because...it exposes their entire value system as counterfeit, undermining everything they ever thought was "right". Its easier to embrace their delusions and deceptions even tighter.
Trump suppressing speech - GOOD! Hey -- it's a start!
Didn't that little sack of schitt cordon off all of the memorials/parks so nobody could visit/see them?? And then some of the vets said phuck that and moved them out of the way and went about their business.
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Hey -- it's a start! And what happens when another Democrat is elected President - maybe even outlawing protests altogether?? Will you finally realize that the First Amendment is not a partisan issue?
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
Yup. In your face slap in vets face. He spitefully shut down their parks and anything that spoke to honoring vets. 0bama screwed America so often, so much, that it's hard to remember all the spiteful ways and occasions he stuck it to us all (and by "us", I mean REAL Americans, the Patriots he and Big-Foot made it clear they regard with contempt.
CW3
LMAO. AND...you're serious?? Just...wow. It's like you vacationed on some other planet from 2009 - 2016. Newsflash: All the Tea Party leaders were...AUDITED. The group was forced to disband. You call that "non-partisan"??
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans! Yeah I get it - Obama suppressing speech = BAD! Trump suppressing speech - GOOD! Its politics. Get use to it. If one side is always playing by the rules and the other isn't then what good are the rules? Basically one side wins unfairly and the other side loses by playing it fair. How does that help Amerika? All those groups are just Soro's lackeys so why worry to much.
Yep! Obama is probably the most vile president in American history.
It has to be very depressing, when they realize they've been fed schitt for so long and they believed it...
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Gotta love the rampant hypocrisy displayed on this thread. When did suppressing political speech of your opponents become a Conservative ideal?
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
BINGO. The MSM said ZIP.
Cut the propaganda/MSNBC-type of rhetoric. History does NOT support your delusion. Sorry.
And the dumbest, that's how he got the nickname TOTUS. (Teleprompter Of The United States).
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest“Never before in history have protestors been required to pay to demonstrate on federal land in the nation’s capital. This is a protest tax on the exercise of First Amendment rights intended to burden and suppress dissent,” stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights lawyer and executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund.
#2. To: Liberator (#1)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
Always a pleasure to read your jingoistic posts.
#4. To: Liberator (#3)
(Edited)
(You missed all that, huh?
#5. To: Liberator (#3)
IF 0bama did it, by default it'd HELP fascist cause AND restrict REAL freedom.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#6. To: Deckard, Liberator (#2)
#7. To: hondo68 (#6)
I recall the LBJ war protests at the WH in '67-'68. Trump has proven that he's a bigger ahole than LBJ!
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
This is a protest tax on the exercise of First Amendment rights intended to burden and suppress dissent,” stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard...
#9. To: Deckard (#5)
#10. To: Deckard (#5)
No president has a monopoly on silencing free speech.
#11. To: CZ82 (#7)
Then you should remember that LBJ used to expose himself to people and rubbed his junk on them, right??
#12. To: hondo68 (#6)
I recall the LBJ war protests at the WH in '67-'68. Trump has proven that he's a bigger ahole than LBJ!
#13. To: Liberator (#9)
(Edited)
I have a feeling you're distracted,succumbing to some un-revealed external pressure or influence.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#14. To: Deckard (#0)
(Edited)
boris
#15. To: Fred Mertz, CZ82 (#11)
#16. To: CZ82, hondo68, sneakypete (#7)
Then you should remember that LBJ used to expose himself to people and rubbed his junk on them, right??
#17. To: Deckard (#13)
With all due respect - spare me your bogus psycho-babble bullshit, OK sport?
#18. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
I never heard that unless you're speaking from experience.
#19. To: Deckard (#13)
(Edited)
If you can't see the First Amendment ramifications here, then you're the one who needs help.
#20. To: CZ82 (#7)
(Edited)
remember that LBJ used to expose himself to people and rubbed his junk on them
#21. To: Liberator (#16)
That's these crusaders' problem: AMNESIA. (Or utter ignorance.)
#22. To: Deckard (#0)
#23. To: BorisY, Deckard (#14)
AT charloTesville
#24. To: CZ82, Liberator (#4)
I love it when Trump trolls the tards. lol...
#25. To: Liberator (#17)
You've sold out.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#26. To: Justified (#22)
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#27. To: CZ82 (#21)
Some folks love to believe their heroes are as pure as the driven snow, if they'd open their eyes they'd go blind with the truth.
#28. To: Deckard (#26)
Yeah I get it - Obama suppressing speech = BAD!
#29. To: Justified (#22)
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans!
#30. To: Liberator (#28)
Trump suppressing speech - GOOD!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#31. To: Justified (#22)
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans!
#32. To: Deckard (#30)
And what happens when another Democrat is elected President - maybe even outlawing protests altogether??
#33. To: Deckard (#30)
(Edited)
Will you finally realize that the First Amendment is not a partisan issue?
#34. To: Deckard (#26)
To: Justified
#35. To: CZ82 (#29)
Didn't that little sack of schitt cordon off all of the memorials/parks so nobody could visit/see them?? And then some of the vets said phuck that and moved them out of the way and went about their business.
#36. To: Liberator (#27)
I think they actually fear the Truth.
#37. To: Justified, Liberator, CZ82 (#34)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#38. To: CZ82, Justified, Deckard (#29)
Didn't that little sack of schitt cordon off all of the memorials/parks so nobody could visit/see them??
#39. To: Deckard (#37)
#40. To: Justified (#35)
Obama is probably the most vile president in American history.
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