Uhh, their protests genreally take place on public streets and sidewalks outside the graveyards and funeral parlors. If you can ban them on this pretext you can ban the Tea Party if anyone says it causes them emotional distress. Scalia, Thomas and Roberts were definitely on the right side of this one.
I guess you think my synagogue is in the middle of some big private estate. But it's not. There's a public sidewalk probably no more than 20 feet from where our rabbi usually sits, and a public street another five feet away.
Anyone making disturbing sounds that we could hear inside the synagogue would properly be arrested for disturbing the peace. Remember "Disturbing the Peace"?
Shouting other people down is not freedom of speech. I'm astonished that any FReeper might think that it is.
ML/NJ
I don't know what sort of Tea Party activity you have been a part of. All of the events I have been a part of (about ten by now) have been held in public parks where the organizers have obtained permits for the gathering, or on private property with the blessing of the owner(s) of the property. SFAIAA, no neighbor could hear anything at any of the events I've been to that have been held on private property.
ML/NJ