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> Civil rights effort drew on all 5 First Amendment freedoms By Gene Policinski How assembly, religion, petition, press, speech all played crucial roles in march toward racial equality and justice. 02.07.10   Feds wrongly tracked Wis. pro-, anti-abortion activists Groups seek release of threat-assessment report prepared by U.S. Department of Homeland Security and shared with local police, state intelligence center. 02.09.10 Last system update: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 12:04:59  SEARCH  MORE assembly topics > Curfews, loitering & freedom of association Civil rights & First Amendment Abortion protests & buffer zones Assembly on private property Funeral protests