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The legality and consequences of paid participation in protests, including the role of constitutional protections and the impact of new laws and proposals.
Allegations that rioters and protesters are being paid have surfaced repeatedly around recent demonstrations in the United States and abroad, but available reporting shows a mixed evidentiary picture:...
Federal courts and prosecutors treat 18 U.S.C. § 111 as a flexible tool to protect federal officers’ ability to perform official duties, applying it to a wide range of conduct from physical blows to o...
, fact-specific line between protected newsgathering and criminal liability for journalists at disruptive protests: courts consistently recognize qualified and protections for reporters who are observ...
sit at the intersection of robust for speech and distinct legal protections for ; courts routinely draw a line between lawful expressive activity (often permitted on public sidewalks) and disruptive o...
Hiring people to attend protests or demonstrations is a legally gray but generally lawful practice in the United States: the First Amendment protects expressive activity and courts treat peaceful paid...
Yes — some protesters are paid in certain contexts, but the existence of paid participants does not substantiate broad claims that whole movements or most street demonstrations are bought; reporting a...