Portland mayor urges federal government to revoke permit for “alt-right” demonstration, on the theory that “hate speech is not protected”
It is even clearer that the government cannot just deny permits for rallies that it views as associated with racism or hostility to certain religions. The government cannot revoke or deny a permit based on the viewpoint of the demonstrators. https://t.co/P9gcNPAumH — ACLU of Oregon (@ACLU_OR) May 29, 2017The full Tweets from the ACLU of Oregon (I’m merging six together here):1. The government cannot revoke or deny a permit based on the viewpoint of the demonstrators. (Note that I recently had the pleasure of representing the ACLU of Oregon in an unrelated free speech case.)
Source: Washington Post May 30, 2017 01:55 UTC
