Thursday, November 12, 2009

Does the Westboro Baptist Church Push the Limits of Peaceable Assembly?

We're covering participatory rights this week in 2301, including the right to peaceably assemble. The, let's say unique, protests of the Westboro Baptist Church (wikipedia entry) have pushed the limits of what is and is not peaceable.

The New Republic reports on their attempts to expand their protests to New York.