Heritage Not Hate, a Group That Wants to Protect Statues

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Multiple Choice

Heritage Not Hate, a group that wants to protect statues that honor southern Civil War leaders and soldiers, has stirred controversy by scheduling a series of summer rallies in cities nationwide.Civil rights organizations, anti-racism groups, and socialist party members have announced plans to protest at the rallies.Meanwhile, police departments in the targeted cities have coordinated with one another in developing plans to reduce the potential for unrest.Among their ideas: limitation of protest areas to specified "free speech zones," and the separation of opposing groups. The pro-Confederate and opposing groups both decry the free speech zone idea, saying that it will stifle the dissemination of ideas and squelch political speech.Law enforcement responds by pointing to violence at recent white supremacist rallies, and say they must balance the need for First Amendment protection with the need for public order.
How would federal courts most likely respond to a suit against these measures, among the following options?

• A) Rejection of the complaint, given justices' emphasis on the importance of public order
• B) With skepticism and close scrutiny of government plans, although with concern for balancing speech and assembly rights with public order
• C) Complete rejection of the idea that public order would be of any concern, and removal of law enforcement impediments to disseminating ideas
• D) With skepticism and strict scrutiny of the demonstrating groups, and a higher priority given to the need for public order

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Structural Discrimination

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