Soon: A Federal Offense To Protest Presidential Candidates or Political Conventions

02-29-2012 • EconomicPolicyJournal.com

In the text of the act, the law is allowed to be used against anyone who knowingly enters or remains in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do so, but those grounds are considered any area where someone — rather it’s President Obama, Senator Santorum or Governor Romney — will be temporarily visiting, whether or not the public is even made aware. Entering such a facility is thus outlawed, as is disrupting the orderly conduct of “official functions,” engaging in disorderly conduct “within such proximity to” the event or acting violent to anyone, anywhere near the premises. Under that verbiage, that means a peaceful protest outside a candidate’s concession speech would be a federal offense...
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com: House Passes Bill That Will Make Protesting Illegal at Secret Service Covered Events

Reported by Jack Gregson


Soon: A Federal Offense To Protest Presidential Candidates or Political Conventions