Jason Clayworth: Request to ban activists raises eyebrows

By JASON CLAYWORTH
November 6, 2010

Christine Gaunt, 54, of Grinnell.

Polk County prosecutors have requested that a Grinnell grandmother and a Des Moines laborer be permanently banned from the Federal Building in Des Moines for their persistent anti-war protests.

Civil rights advocates are sounding the alarm, saying the request, if granted, constitutes a violation of the First Amendment, which guarantees free speech and the right to petition government.

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