The city of New York has announced it will close off at least two dozen city blocks when the Republican National Convention is in session and that protesters will be restricted to a small area away outside one corner of Madison Square Garden. The head of the New York Civil Liberties Union Donna Lieberman responded to the city’s attempt to limit where protests could be held by saying “The Mayor’s does not get to re-write the First Amendment just because the RNC is coming to town.” Meanwhile the city has yet to grant any permits to protest groups.