THE COURT ULTIMATELY RULING THAT
ALL ACTION TAKEN AGAINST HIM WAS
ILLEGAL.
NOW ON THE DOCKET TONIGHT, D.C.
PASTOR SAYS WHILE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS LIKE SQUAD MEMBER CORI
BUSH HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE ON CAPITOL GROUNDS,
HE’S BEEN DENIED A PERMIT TO
HOLD A PRAYER VIGIL ON SEPTEMBER
THE CAPITOL POLICE SAY THEY HAVE
A REASON.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT PERMITTING
PROCEDURES FOR EVENTS INVOLVING
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
THE PAST YEARS WHEN THE CAPITOL
POLICE, GIVEN THE CAPITOL
GROUNDS ARE NOT EQUALLY
RESTRICTED TO EVERYONE, LET’S
BRING IN REVEREND PATRICK
MAHONEY AND HIS ATTORNEY.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY.
GRIBBEN, GENTLEMEN.
DO AWAY WITH A GREAT WAY TO BE.
THANKS, SHANNON.
>> Shannon: OKAY, SO PEOPLE
KNOW YOU HAD SEVERAL LAWSUITS OR
INCURSIONS WITH A CAPITOL POLICE
AND OVER TRYING TO HAVE EVENT,
WHETHER IT’S WHETHER TO
GOOD FRIDAY OR EASTER OR
SEPTEMBER 11 TO 20 WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE.
PUSHING BACK IN ONE OF THESE,
THE GOVERNMENT HAD A MEMORANDUM
IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT YOU WANTED
TO COMPLETE.
HIT THIS IS WHAT IS IT BECAUSE
OF THE PERMITTING THINGS -- THEY
DON’T NEED A PERMIT TO HOLD THE
EVENT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING
AND MAY REQUEST A PERMIT
APPLICATION PAPER.
PLAINTIFF, NOT PART OF THE
CONVENTIONAL COMMUNITY MUST
COMPLY WITH THE REGULATION LIKE
ALL OTHER CITIZENS IN WEBSTER,
YOU’RE FIGHTING HARD TO
UNDERSTAND THE POLICY THAT IS
DIFFERENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL
MEMBERS, SHOULD IT BE?
SICK OF COVER, FIRST OF ALL, THE
UNITED STATES CAPITOL HAS BEEN
KNOWN FOR TWO CENTURIES AS THE
PEOPLE HAS.
BECAUSE EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN
CAN FIRMLY COME THERE,
ARTICULATE THEIR VIEWS, SHARE
THEIR VIEWS OPENLY WITHOUT
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE,
INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT.
FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THAT HAS
COMPLETELY CHANGED.
ALL PERMANENT FREE-SPEECH
ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN PERMITTED.
I HAVE APPLIED FOR TO
GOOD FRIDAY AND SERVICES WHICH
WE’VE ALWAYS HAD, NATIONAL DAY
OF PRAYER, 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF
9/11 AND SHANNON, AMAZINGLY, IF
THE 35 YEARS OF WORKING AT THE
CAPITOL, WE WERE DENIED.
EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE THE
RIGHT TO GO TO THE PEOPLE’S
HOUSE AND AIR THEIR VIEWS.
WHAT MADE IT EVEN MORE TROUBLING
WAS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
VENDORS, LOBBYISTS, TOURISTS,
WERE ALLOWED TO USE THE CAPITOL
GROUNDS.
THE ONLY THING PROHIBITED WAS
PEACEFUL, PERMITTED ACTIVITIES
BE A GOOD FACT, LAST SUMMER,
CONGRESSWOMAN BUSH HAD AN EVENT
ON THE STEPS OF THE
UNITED STATES CAPITOL.
WE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF EVENT
THREE DAYS LATER AND GUESS WHAT?
WE WERE ARRESTED.
SHANNON, I WANT TO SAY, WE WERE
REALLY ARRESTED, NOT PUTTING OUR
HANDS BEHIND OUR BACK 48.
WE WERE ACTUALLY HANDCUFFED.
WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD TO
BE -- WHAT’S THAT?
ANYONE I SAID LET ME BRING
MARKET TO THIS, BECAUSE I WANT
TO BRING IN A COUPLE OF LEGAL
QUESTION THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU FOUGHT ON SEVERAL FRONTS TO
TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK, MARX,
WHAT THE CODE IS GENERALLY FOUND
THAT FOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RULES FOR
PERMITTING BECAUSE THIS IS
CONSIDERED THE WORKPLACE AND THE
ARGUMENT IS THAT THE POLICE
AFTER JANUARY 6TH HAVE A RIGHT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WITH REGARD TO
PARTICULAR DAY, THE HARDY
RESPONDED’S ARGUMENT?
SEQUOIA, SHARON, I THINK IN THAT
THE CAPITOL IS CERTAINLY A
DIFFERENT WORKPLACE.
I THINK THE GROUNDS OUTSIDE THE
CAPITAL AND ON THE CAPITOL MALL
ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THIS IS AN
AREA THAT IS WITH RICH HISTORY.
D.C. REGULATIONS ACTUALLY DON’T
PERMIT THE POLICE, THE
GOVERNMENT HERE TO DO WHAT IT’S
DOING.
HERE WE HAVE A BUFFER ZONE
THAT’S BEEN CREATED AROUND THE
U.S. CAPITOL.
THERE IS ACTUALLY CASE LAW ON
THE BOOKS, LEADER OF AN VERSUS
UNITED STATES THAT WOULD PERMIT
IS VERY PERMITTING SCHEME, THERE
IS VERY BUFFER ZONE AROUND THE
CAPITOL.
LIKE REVEREND MAHONEY SAID,
THERE’S REALLY THIS BIZARRE
CASTE SYSTEM THAT’S BEEN CREATED
WHERE, IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN
TRADITIONALLY A PUBLIC FORUM,
THERE’S BEEN TALK OF SUCH A
BRIGHTER SIDE, THE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND THE FANS ARE ABLE
TO GET PERMITS, BUT AVERAGE
AMERICANS ARE NOT.
THIS DOUBLE STANDARD IS
COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING TO
CORRECT.
>> Shannon: YEAH, AND EVEN
SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT
HAVEN’T GONE THE COMIC EVER,
THERE HAVE BEEN CONCURRENCE IS A
CONCERN THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
OR THE NEED TO BE EXAMINED THERE
WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MAY
HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF
STANDARDS AND AVERAGE FOLKS AT
FOX, BACK AMERICAN FOLKS LIKE
YOURSELF, REVEREND, WANT TO GET
OUT OF YOUR COPIES KEEP
UP-TO-DATE ON THE MARK AND
REVERENT, LET US NOT COME BACK
BECAUSE I WANT TO FOLLOW IT AS
IT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE