{"id":5626,"date":"2008-08-20T04:16:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T10:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=5626"},"modified":"2017-05-21T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T21:37:09","slug":"rnc-free-speech-legal-battle-set-for-august-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/rnc-free-speech-legal-battle-set-for-august-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC Free Speech Court Battle set for August 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090327203235\/http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/politicalhumor\/1\/0\/o\/o\/1\/rnc_2008_mensroom.jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"1\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12087\"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IFP-4.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090327203235\/http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/politicalhumor\/1\/0\/o\/o\/1\/rnc_2008_mensroom.jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"200\"\/>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>St. Paul, Minnesota &#8212; August 20, 2008 &#8212; A date has now been set for August 25th at 9am at the Ramsey County Courthouse in front of Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin (15 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul , MN) for a lawsuit filed by Impeach for Peace (IfP), along with others looking to demonstrate at the Republican National Convention (RNC) with the help of the ACLU of Minnesota demanding the right to free speech.   Plaintiffs include: Jodin Morey and Mikael Rudolph of Impeach for Peace, Colleen and Ross Rowley, and Ron Deharporte.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?p=5612\">See the details about this lawsuit in our previous Press Release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View the complaint ACLU RNC Complaint<\/p>\n<p>This interview was conducted in the wake of the <a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?p=5612\">filing of a lawsuit against the St. Paul City Council and the Police regarding their restrictions on free speech for the Republican National Convention.<\/a><br \/>\n<embed SRC=\"http:\/\/www.impeachforpeace.org\/audio\/kpfa_ifp_rnc.mp3\" autostart=\"false\" height=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact Jodin Morey, Cofounder of Impeach for Peace.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\">http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,5,7,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-ifp-events","category-impeachment-evidence","category-minnesota"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RNC Free Speech Court Battle set for August 25th &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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