>"William S. Lear" wrote:
>
>> Sorry if this is completely ignorant, but has the ACLU expressed a
>> position on this?
>
>I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but I'd like to say
>that if the ACLU DID have a position, the Rudy rule won't go away until
>people challenge it. In recent years, the police have gotten away with
>placing more and more restrictions on the nature and places of
>demonstrations, pickets and marches. They get away with this because
>nobody challenges the rules. I'm hoping that this will change, now that
>everybody seems to be much bolder in the wake of Seattle.
Dunno about this specific case, but Rudy's practice has been to do something outrageous and wait for people to sue him. If he loses, he'll do it again, and wait to be sued again. So far, it's worked.
Doug