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If you are just a regular voter belonging to the very group that John McCain so desperately wants to impress, about as close as you can come to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., this September will be a triangle of pavement about 84 feet from the Xcel...
Civil rights attorneys in both cities have filed motions in federal court arguing that the announced arrangements fall far short of what the Constitution requires. "The Constitution commands the government to treat peaceful expressions of dissent with the greatest respect - respect equal to that of the invited delegates," ruled U.S...
Later this week, U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen in Minneapolis plans to rule on a petition to expand the march time and route for protesters at the Republican Convention. In Denver, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger will hold a hearing on July 29 to review the march...
Similar objections run through the legal filings in both cities. Both St. Paul and Denver have announced plans to restrict marches to certain hours during the middle of the day, before delegates are likely to arrive at the convention halls. "The question is whether we are going to be marching...
Both cities are also grappling with the establishment of a permanent public demonstration area that is both large enough and close enough to the delegates so that protesters can be seen and heard. "We are very upset by it," says Glenn Spagnuolo, 37, a law student who is helping to...