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freedom of assembly

commentary

    “If we let idiots like the Black Panthers survive under our form of government, maybe we’ll have to change it.” —Frank Rizzo

Constitutional examples

    [Constitution of the Nation of Pacifica, Article I, Section 1:] Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
    No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
    Neither Congress nor any state shall make any law abridging the right of the people peacefully to assemble.

    [Constitution of the United States of America, Amendment I:] 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.

treaty examples

    [United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 20, Paragraph 1:] Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

    [United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 20, Paragraph 2:] No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

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