Protestors have been denied permission to demonstrate outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse on Jan. 20 as part of a national day of protest over the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010), which prohibits the government from placing limits on independent spending for political purposes by corporations and unions.
Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan (See Profile) ruled on Jan. 19 that the General Services Administration did not run afoul of the First Amendment when it denied a permit for the group “Occupy the Courts,” which planned to gather 150 to 200 protestors in the plaza that sits on the western side of the federal courthouse between the Worth and Pearl streets.
