ThinkProgress - Trump gets to decide where in DC groups can protest his inauguration — if at all

“'This blocking permit that the National Park Service filed is an affront to the First Amendment. It is a violation of free speech rights, and it is a violation of the democratic process, in which voices must be heard,' said Carl Messineo, the organization’s legal director."

Local ABC 7 Video: Nat'l Park Service accused of blocking inauguration protests near White House, Nat'l Mall

WJLA 7 video covers the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund at the Dec. 7 press conference exposing the National Park Service and Trump Inauguration's Committee's unconstitutional blocking permit

Local CBS 9 Video - Inauguration protesters being blocked

WUSA 9 video covers press conference held Dec. 7 by attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and activists from the ANSWER Coalition about the NPS and Trump PIC omnibus blocking permit that violates free speech rights.

Associated Press - Park Service quashing dissent during inauguration

The National Park Service is quashing dissent by blocking access to public space for those who want to demonstrate before, during and after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, Washington civil rights attorneys said Wednesday.

Video: Fighting for the right to protest at Donald Trump's inauguration

"Everybody is being put on hold and they are being put off which completely obstructs the ability to organize, to make plans to come, disruptive and violating people's free speech rights.”

Video: PCJF featured in major news story questioning DC police chief's fitness for office

"The attorney who filed the class-action lawsuit, Carl Messineo, works for the Civil Justice Partnership."

FOX 5 video: PCJF weighs in on DC police withholding body camera footage

“The fact the U.S. Attorney’s Office is giving you the same material when you ask for it, that comports with standard public records obligations, and it shows that the MPD and the D.C. Attorney General’s Office is deviating from the way that public records have to be handled,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard for the Partnership for Civil Justice.

WUSA9: Federal hearing on inauguration protests

Will protests be allowed along the Inaugural Route? Coverage from WUSA9

When the inaugural parade passes the Trump hotel, will protesters be there, too?

“People are coming to Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day to exercise their free speech rights in opposition to racism, misogyny and bigotry. But the government wants to stage-manage democracy.”

WJLA Video: Legal battle underway for group to protest outside Trump Hotel on Inauguration Day

ABC7 Local News covers the legal battle over the right to protest at Trump's Inauguration.