[Reaganwuzthebest]

As opposed to a very childish attempt to define a right to assembly as one person?

It's more about the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. That's also part of the statement of the right. Assembling assumes more than one person is gathering however as a right it does not have to be exercised collectively. I'm free go all by my lonesome self and so are you and complain to a congressman or stand outside his office with a picket sign.

[robertpaulsen]

Assembling poses a potential threat to government, and that's the right they wish protected. Assembling, by definition, involves a group of people. The right to assemble, though an individual right, is exercised collectively.

You don't agree? Fine.