The memorial is called “The Guardians of the First Amendment.”

“One of the most foundational rights protected by the Bill of Rights is the free exercise of religion,” wrote a DOJ official in support of the lawsuit.

“This was something conceived of long before and didn’t turn on the nature of the crowd” of protesters, Attorney General William Barr says.

Officials are asking organizers to include anti-COVID-19 measures in their event plans, such as wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

The social media pages where a flyer about the event was shared don’t reveal any affiliation with known activism groups.

You can still picket all you want on the sidewalks. But not on the plaza.

Vice President Joe Biden’s communications staffers apologized yesterday for forcing a student reporter to delete photos he took while covering an event in Rockville.

Mary Beth Tinker, whose 1965 schoolhouse anti-Vietnam protest resulted in a Supreme Court ruling on students’ First Amendment rights, spoke yesterday at the D.C. Council in opposition to a plan to close 20 D.C. public schools.

A federal judge heard arguments yesterday over whether Metro should accept an ad defending Israel and pledging to “defeat jihad.”

After a wave of criticism, including an epic takedown by NFL punter Chris Kluwe, Maryland Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr. is backing off his denunciation of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo’s support of marriage equality.