Anti-Protest Laws: A Chilling Wave of Legislation

Date: May 11, 2021

Republican lawmakers in at least 34 states have introduced bills that threaten the right to protest publicly, expanding liability and increasing penalties in connection with protest-related activity and/or immunizing those who take action against protesters from legal consequences. Can the First Amendment possibly allow such laws?

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