So, we now have the Order of the Supreme Court of New York effectively ending the occupation of Zuccotti Park. You can read it here.
(Note that the New York judiciary is organized, ah, differently than is the federal judiciary and that of all the other states. In New York, the Supreme Court is not that highest court in the land. That would be the NY Ct. of Appeals. No, the NY Supreme Court is actually the trial court, and hierarchically is therefore the lowest court in the land. No, I don’t know why they gave it that name either.)
As was easily predicted, the basis for the judge’s determination that OWS does not have a constitutional right to occupy Zuccotti Park is the ability of others to impose “time, place, and manner” restrictions on speech.
