Home > Topics > Assembly   Overview> By David L. Hudson Jr. First Amendment Center research attorney The First Amendment prohibits government from abridging "the right of the people peaceably to assemble." FULL STORY> Trial to proceed over activists' exclusion from press conference 9th Circuit panel finds that although Forest Service can control who speaks at its news conferences, who can attend is a different matter. 05.09.08   Tenn. woman gets go-ahead to sue boss over firing By David L. Hudson Jr. 6th Circuit panel finds merit in Karen Cameron's intimate-association claim that she was fired for marrying political foe. 05.08.08 Last system update: Monday, May 12, 2008 | 18:39:09  SEARCH  MORE assembly topics > Curfews, loitering & freedom of association Civil rights & First Amendment Abortion protests & buffer zones Assembly on private property Funeral protests