 But then the Secret Service expanded their security perimeter at the request of the RNC, meaning the march would have to be rerouted farther from the venues. So protest organizers sued, arguing that the change violates their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly. Judge Brett Ludwig ruled the First Amendment does grant the right to free expression, but not the right to expression without regard to, quote, legitimate public interests, including those of the Secret Service, which has political VIPs to protect.