“Further, we can assemble for ANY reason as long as it is peaceful.”
I wish you were completely correct.
However, as of December 2012, the NDAA that went into law, permits arrest and indefinite detention of US citizens who are deemed beligerent toward the government.
There is no clear definition of what might be considered beligerent behavior.
It’s likely that individuals could have been arrested and jailed without due process during the 09/12/2009 Tea Party March on DC.
Assembling, holding signs and chanting anything against this regime could get you thrown in jail.
The ACLU and other organizations failed in their opposition to the NDAA.
We no longer have the First Ammendment as it was intentionally written.
We let Obola do this without so much as a whimper.
You have a valid point but the erosion of the 1st amendment goes back even further - the civil rights act, widely supported by Republicans, also erodes the first amendment’s assembly clause due to some artificially created government right to regulate free enterprise.
Sigh, I no longer recognize the nation I live in.