Hearing Wednesday on Augusta National protest plans
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Posted 7:53AM on Wednesday, April 2, 2003
AUGUSTA - A federal judge in Augusta is to hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the city's law regulating public protests. <br>
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The suit was filed by by Martha Burk -- head of the National Council of Women's Organizations -- who wants to protest Augusta National Golf Club's all-male membership at the Masters tournament next week. <br>
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The American Civil Liberties Union sued Augusta on Burk's behalf for violating her free-speech rights after Sheriff Ronald Strength denied her permission to place 24 protesters just outside Augusta National Golf Club's main gate and 200 more across the street. Burk rejected an alternate site picked by the sheriff about a half-mile away. <br>
