A few years back, didn't the SC uphold restrictions on abortion protesters limiting them from protesting near clinics? What do y'all see as the difference?
It is the "anywhere they want" portion of the statement in the OP that I have a problem with. IMO, that is way too open ended. There are all sorts of places people are not allowed to protest. Look at Political Party conventions. They limit where protesters can protest at those things all the time. They require permits too I believe. We already regulate free speech protests in many places whether good or bad. Why can't we regulate protests at funerals? Why can't we say no protests within 2000 feet of a funeral or a cemetery when we allow similar restrictions elsewhere?
On my other side, I think I would appreciate seeing a few masked men show up at one of these protests with hot tar and feathers to conduct their own more direct protest against such behavior.