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Going to a Protest? Here's How Not to Get Arrested

June 14, 2025

Isabella Salomão Nascimento, a member of Ballard Spahr's Media and Entertainment Law Group who focuses her practice on First Amendment-based litigation, spoke with The Intercept about the importance of protestors knowing their rights.

"We have a fundamental right in this country, and it’s rooted in the First Amendment to the Constitution that we have a right to protest, a right to speech, a right to bring grievances to our government," Isabella said. "We have a long history of this in the United States through protest."

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