This isn't getting nearly the coverage it should be getting right now, but the Charlottesville government may have just issued a permit denial that will shape the future 1A landscape.
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Tacitly and explicitly both, the Charlottesville government has *accepted* activist findings regarding threats of violence and presented them as fact.
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This is not just reflected in this denial, but also in the lawsuit they filed against the militias, where they cited an activist-authored document six times.
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If this holds, this will reflect a step beyond the "imminent threat" test established in e.g. Brandenburg v Ohio.
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Whatever comes of this, Charlottesville has finally decided to stick up for its citizens and fight this in court if necessary.
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