Protest Policy Gives Ga. Gov. ‘Unbridled’ Discretion, Lawsuit Says

Organizers of an anti-gun violence protest have filed a federal lawsuit questioning Georgia’s policy requiring certain events held at the Capitol be approved by a top elected official.

The lawsuit filed Monday said the policy — which requires weekend and after-hours events held at Liberty Plaza across from the statehouse to be approved by one of Georgia’s seven constitutional officers — violates the First Amendment by blocking a planned March 24 rally.

That policy gives the governor “complete, unbridled and unreviewable discretion” to pick which rallies are approved, the lawsuit said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.