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Judge OKs protest zones for Dem convention

Advocacy groups and the ACLU challenged plans to keep protesters far away, but a federal judge says the security measures are constitutional.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:22 AM

    @ d.c. eric

    We're talking about the first amendment right to peaceably assemble. And that's what it is; a restriction on where peaceful, law abiding taxpayers can assemble and make their grievences heard.

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