Hearing Wednesday on Augusta National protest plans

AUGUSTA - A federal judge in Augusta is to hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the city&#39;s law regulating public protests. <br> <br> The suit was filed by by Martha Burk -- head of the National Council of Women&#39;s Organizations -- who wants to protest Augusta National Golf Club&#39;s all-male membership at the Masters tournament next week. <br> <br> The American Civil Liberties Union sued Augusta on Burk&#39;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&#39;s main gate and 200 more across the street. Burk rejected an alternate site picked by the sheriff about a half-mile away. <br>

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