Newark Mayor Bans All Demonstrations – New Jersey ACLU Sues
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, on this day banned all demonstrations in the city, under a state law granting mayors that power.
The ACLU of New Jersey announced that it would challenge the law as a violation of the First Amendment right of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
The most famous freedom-of-assembly case in New Jersey involved Jersey City and resulted in the landmark Supreme Court case of Hague v. C.I.O, on June 5, 1939, which affirmed a constitutional right of freedom of assembly.
Learn more about the right to protest: https://www.aclu.org/free-speech/right-protest
Visit the ACLU of New Jersey web site
Learn about the 100 Year fight for free speech in America: Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone, The Free Speech Century (2018)