The National Park Service has withdrawn a proposal that would have imposed onerous restrictions on protests on the Mall and other federal land in Washington.
This represents a full retreat by the Trump administration and, more important, a victory for the First Amendment. The plan had met with overwhelming opposition. “Their plan to suppress protest,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, “was met with the very force it was trying to suppress.”
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