First Amendment
The First Amendment on the Grounds in Charlottesville
Josh Blackman Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 2:00 PM
On Friday, Aug. 11, I traveled to Charlottesville, Va., to attend my co-clerk’s wedding. I was generally familiar with the controversy over the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue but was not aware that white supremacist demonstrations were scheduled for the weekend. After the rehearsal dinner wrapped, I drove back to the hotel along Main Street.