Judge rules against NYC Occupy encampment

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NEW YORK - A New York judge has upheld the city's dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters' first amendment rights don't entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza.

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/OWS111511.pdf

Justice Stallman denied a motion by the demonstrators seeking to be allowed back into the park with their tents and sleeping bags.

The protesters "have not demonstrated that they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park, along with their tents, structures, generators and other installations to the exclusion of the owner's reasonable rights ... or to the rights to public access of others who might wish to use the space safely," Stallman wrote.

CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen reports that "Time, place and manner" restrictions on speech like the demonstrators had petitioned against have a long history in American law, going back at least to the 1960s. It is unlikely that this ruling will be overturned on appeal, if it is appealed at all.

The plaza, near the financial district, is open to the public, but is privately owned.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57325395/judge-rules-against-nyc-occupy-encampment/

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You can exercise your rights all day (and night) long.... until they infringe upon the rights of others.