Sheehan's arrest inquiry

[Sean Wilson]

Being boisterous may be one thing, but we all know that Cohen should allow the wearing of war-dead t-shirts on Capitol grounds. 

"Franck, Matthew J" <mfranck at radford.edu> wrote:        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                Here's the relevant part of a Washington Post story (full story here):
   
  Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, opened her jacket to reveal a T-shirt that, according to a supporter, gave the number of U.S. war dead and asked, "How many more?"
   
  She was also vocal, said U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer, and after she ignored instructions to close her jacket and quiet down, she was led out and arrested. Demonstrating in the House gallery is prohibited.
   
  It doesn’t look to me like she was arrested merely for wearing the shirt.  Or are there First Amendment problems on the face of the prohibition of demonstrations in the House gallery?  But for that prohibition, could the House proceed with its business?
   
  Matt
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From: conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Bradley
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:35 AM
To: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Sheehan's arrest inquiry
   
  Hello:
   
  Before the State of the Union address, Cindy Sheehan, who was an invited 
  guest of a House member, was removed from the Capital building and arrested 
  for wearing an anti-war t-shirt. What, if any, are the First Amendment 
  concerns in regard to this arrest?
   
  Bob
   
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