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yellow dahlia

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3. The First Amendment includes "the right of the people peaceably to assemble,

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:18 PM

5 hrs ago

and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".

Is this going to be ignored like so much of the Constitution?

I have been wondering. Can some of the Constitutional Defenders like Skye Perryman and Democracy Forward or Norm Eisen and Democracy Defenders bring a case before the courts against the directive itself (NSPM-7)?

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