Peaceable Assembly

^{First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.} 

^{First Amendment rights are absolute and clear.  The courts have also held that authorities aren’t justified in breaking up public protests just because they slow traffic, inconvenience pedestrians, are annoying, include disagreeable speech or make other people mad.}  

^{The right to gather is the only one that includes the most important limit in the actual words of the amendment: “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.  That means law enforcement may break up any gathering that has turned violent or raises a “clear and present danger” of violence or disorder.}  

^{Damaging or destroying federal courthouses is a federal crime.  Attacking federal officers with projectiles or other forms of violence is a federal crime.}