IS THERE A TIPOFF IN THIS SOMEWHERE? Supreme Court Bans Protests On Its Grounds. “The Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was declared unconstitutional. The regulation bans activities on the court’s grounds or building such as picketing, speech-making, marching, vigils or religious services ‘that involve the communication or expression of views or grievances, engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which is reasonably likely to draw a crowd or onlookers.'”