Section Focus 5

1. Section Focus 5

2. I. Protecting Freedom of Assembly • A. a right closely related to freedom of speech • B. DeJonge v. Oregon (1937) • ruled that free assembly is as important as free press and free speech • free assembly is protected from state and local government action as well as federal • the right to parade & hold demonstrations in public places may require a permit Section 5-2

3. I. Protecting Freedom of Assembly • D. Demonstrations at public facilities may be limited. E. Demonstrations are not allowed on private property, such as shopping malls and abortion clinics, because they interfere with property rights. Section 5-3

4. II. Public Assembly and Disorder • A. police may have difficulty protecting peaceful assemblies from violence and disorder. B.Nazi party march Skokie, IL (1977) heckler’s veto - the public vetoes the rights of free speech and assembly of an unpopular group. C.Gregory v. City of Chicago (1969) the Court upheld the right of assembly by persons peacefully demonstrating in support of an unpopular cause Section 5-5

5. III. Protection for Labor Picketing • A.picketing • different from other demonstrations, and therefore may be controlled • it seeks to persuade customers not to deal with a business whose workers are on strike. B. the Supreme Court ruled that picketing was a form of free speech (1940) in the years since, forms of picketing have been limited in several key rulings. Section 5-7

6. IV. Freedom of Association • A. right of free association – right to join a political party, interest group, or other organization. B. Membership in groups advocating the use of force to overthrow the government is not illegal (Communist Party) when members of such groups actually prepare to use such force, however, the acts are punishable. Section 5-9