What is the general rule used by the Supreme Court when deciding if civil disobe

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What is the general rule used by the Supreme Court when deciding if civil disobedience is a constitutionally protected right? If the protest is nonviolent, then civil disobedience is protected by the First Amendment right to free assembly. Civil disobedience is not protected by the First Amendment., and so protestors may be charged if they break any laws. When the laws being protested are unconstitutional, then civil disobedience is protected by the First Amendment. Acts of civil disobedience are not protected if carried out on public property but have First Amendment protection on private property.

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If the protest is non- violent, then civil disobedience is

Protected by the First Amendment right to free assembly.

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