EMNofSeattle
Regular Member
And please explain how you need a permit to 'peaceably assemble'...
That's what I wondered, the City of Port Orchard where I live only requires permits if you want to shut down a city street or if it's a for-profit event. a group of 40 people getting together on public land and not obstructing others with no permanent structures or vendors requires no permit at all. at least according to what the city clerk told me....
if this even was just a bunch of people going on a walk and not requiring a street shut down or for profit vendors there should not have been any need for a permit at all.... well maybe there's a legal need in that city, but the constitutional side of me says the government shouldn't require it for a simple assembly involving no one obstructing streets or sidewalks.
They ended up having 40 people according to the news.