Whether you want to protest for Confederate monument removal, gay pride, or against an alleged UNA rapist or a controversial city museum curator, you may now be waging an uphill battle in Lauderdale County. Tim Melson's SB152 was passed on April 13th with surprisingly little local news coverage.
Is it legal? Almost all with whom we've spoken say the new law won't stand up in court; however, until it's overturned, local police may limit any protests to certain small areas where they won't "interfere" with normal business and pleasure pursuits.
We assume it will be up to local governments to defend the law in court, meaning local taxpayers will foot the bill. Wonderful news, isn't it?
Often laws are given colloquial names. We have Rose's Law and Hollie's Law. Perhaps now we have Ricatoni's Law?
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