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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Indemnity and protests

CHICAGO — Advocacy groups may proceed with their First Amendment complaint over Chicago’s parade ordinance provisions requiring organizers to indemnify and reimburse the city for damages causes by third parties. The rules could unconstitutionally burden speech by making organizers finally liable for misconduct they did not authorize. Other challenges are dismissed because the rules were content-neutral and narrowly tailored regulations.

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