Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Invisible Empire, Inc. v. District of Columbia, United States of America

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

On October 28, 1990, twenty-seven members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded from the Washington Monument down Constitution Avenue to Capitol Hill. A violent counter-demonstration had been threatened, causing the full mobilization of the Metropolitan Police Department and the commitment of more than 3,500 police officers. Disputes about the permit for the march generated two district court rulings, the second issuing twelve hours before the march, in the wake of this court’s decision, on an emergency appeal, vacating and…