FOX 5 - Park Service quashing dissent during inauguration
FOX 5 covers press conference by activists and attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund revealing the unconstitutional blocking permit taken out by the National Park Service on behalf of the Trump Presidential Inaugural Committee.
New York Times: Controversy as NPS and Trump PIC Refuse to Grant Permits
New York Times covers the struggle over permits for free speech activity during Trump's Inauguration
Sherwood's Notebook: Our ‘American’ Inaugural
Tom Sherwood reflects on the difficulties protest groups are having in securing permits to exercise their free speech rights.
NPR Audio: No Permits Yet Granted To Expected Inauguration Protesters
NPR report covers efforts by the PCJF and others to assert their right to free speech and dissent during the Inauguration
Reuters - Trump inauguration protest groups demand access to Washington sites
The National Park Service "has done a massive land grab inhibiting all those who want to exercise their right to free speech," Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a co-founder of the fund, said at a news conference.
The Guardian covers controversy over NPS unconstitutional blocking permit during Inauguration
"The NPS filed a 'massive omnibus blocking permit' for many of Washington DC’s most famous political locations for days and weeks before and after the inauguration on 20 January, said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional rights litigator and the executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund."
ThinkProgress - Trump gets to decide where in DC groups can protest his inauguration — if at all
“'This blocking permit that the National Park Service filed is an affront to the First Amendment. It is a violation of free speech rights, and it is a violation of the democratic process, in which voices must be heard,' said Carl Messineo, the organization’s legal director."
Local ABC 7 Video: Nat'l Park Service accused of blocking inauguration protests near White House, Nat'l Mall
WJLA 7 video covers the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund at the Dec. 7 press conference exposing the National Park Service and Trump Inauguration's Committee's unconstitutional blocking permit
Local CBS 9 Video - Inauguration protesters being blocked
WUSA 9 video covers press conference held Dec. 7 by attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and activists from the ANSWER Coalition about the NPS and Trump PIC omnibus blocking permit that violates free speech rights.
Associated Press - Park Service quashing dissent during inauguration
The National Park Service is quashing dissent by blocking access to public space for those who want to demonstrate before, during and after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, Washington civil rights attorneys said Wednesday.
