‘The Constitution Is Not Suspended’: Lawmaker Tells Constituents They Still Have Right to Assemble

A demonstrator wearing a respirator mask and holding a US flag gathers with others to protest restrictive orders imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, during a rally in Denver, Colo., on April 19, 2020. Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

A state lawmaker in Colorado told his constituents this week that government cannot abridge the right to assemble laid out in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

State Rep. Mark Baisley, a Republican, said in a letter that the celebration of Thanksgiving serves as “a national day of remembrance for the remarkable story that gave rise to liberty on this continent.”