Freedom of Association and Assembly

• Freedom of Assembly and Association

§ 31.1 Freedom to Assemble and Petition the Government for Grievances. § 31.2 Freedom of Association. § 31.2.1 General Considerations. § 31.2.2 Policies Aimed at Eliminating Discrimination. § 31.2.3 Policies Concerning Membership in Groups Alleged to Pose a Threat of Violent Action or Other Harmful Conduct. § 31.2.4 Policies Concerning Elections.

• The Path of Constitutional Law
• Part IV: The Final Cause Of Constitutional Law
• Sub-Part Four: The First Amendment

• Bill in Md. Would Prohibit Police Spying for Political Reasons

State law enforcement officials would be prohibited from spying on anyone based on their political beliefs under legislation introduced Thursday. The bill, entitled "The Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act," would require authorities to have a "reasonable suspicion of criminal activity" before starting any investigation. It is designed to prevent the type of surveillance that the Maryland State Police conducted during a 14-month period in 2005 and 2006.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• January 23, 2009

• Freedom of Association and Assembly

The right to associate with others for the purpose of engaging in constitutionally protected activities. The right to assoc...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Dou–Fre

• Eloy Rojas Mamani vs Jose Carlos Sanchez Berzain, (11th Cir. 2011)

... to life, liberty, security of person, freedom of assembly, and freedom of association.1 Plaintif...

• Federal Circuits

• Freedom of Assembly And Association

The FIRST AMENDMENT'S "right of the people peaceably to assemble" and the ...

• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• FA-JW

• Extension of the Designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

... of children, and severely restricted freedom of assembly, association, religion, speech, and mo...

• FR, December 31, 2009
• Notices
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

• The Belarus 'Election'

Election monitors did not need to wait for the official vote tally to know that the elections in Belarus lacked, in the words of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, "constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of expression, association, and assembly." President Alexander Lukashenko had muted the independent media and curtailed unsanctioned political rallies, and reports of physical harassment were prominent in the campaign landscape. In addition, Belarussian election officials refused to accurately count the votes. So the monitors from OSCE formally declared the election undemocratic. After the voting Sunday night, and again on Monday, supporters of the opposition rallied in Minsk, calling for another vote. This display and similar calls from the international com...

• The Washington Times
• April 27, 2006

• Associational speech.

...Association and Assembly in the Supreme Court B. Association, Assembly, Pet..., and almost exclusively, tied to freedom of speech. On occasion, mention might also be made...

• Yale Law Journal
• Vol. 120 Nbr. 5, March 2011

• Morse v. Republican Party of Va., 517 U.S. 186 (1996)

... to abridge First Amendment associational rights-are rejected. Pp. 227-229. 2. Section 10 of... party "is a basic constitutional freedom" and that "governmental action that may have the e...-including much that takes place at an assembly of its members-I recognize that some of the First ...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Deconstructing transnationalism: conceptualizing metanationalism as a putative model of evolving jurisprudence.

...) Nevertheless, he exercised his scholarly freedom, recognizing that "[t]he more wedded we become to ... by Thurgood Marshall and the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to elimi... Indian people to create a Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution. (285) After the adoption ...

• Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
• Vol. 43 Nbr. 5, November 2010