Threatened by Civil Rights Lawsuit, Park Service Expedites Protest Permits
The National Parks Service (NPS) said Thursday it would grant permits to organizations planning to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in later this month in Washington, D.C., a win that comes after civil rights lawyers threatened to sue the agency. “We believe that this is a significant victory for free speech. They are doing this under threat of litigation,” Mara Verheyden- …
