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Deb believed her City’s lоng-time Mаyоr оught to be defeаted in the next mаyoral election. To get her message out she posted on social media her intent to hold a rally in City’s park the following Saturday to promote all the candidates seeking to unseat the Mayor. Deb inquired at City Hall about the possible need for a permit to rally in the park. In response to the permit clerk’s question about how many people she expected at the rally, Deb said that she had recorded 100 “likes” to her social media post. The clerk informed her that for a group of 100 she would have to arrange for a first aid tent or station attended by certified emergency medical technicians and she would also need to provide ten recyclable trash bins to be serviced by the City’s trash hauler at the end of the rally. Deb expressed her agreement. The clerk began filling out the permit application. At one point the clerk asked whether Deb was advertising the rally other than on social media. Deb told the clerk that she planned on posting a few dozen “Down With the Mayor” posters around the City. “So, this is an anti-Mayor rally?” the clerk asked. “Yeah,” Deb responded, “we’ve gotta get that scumbag out of City Hall.” The clerk then said, “Well I can’t give you a permit for a political rally.” “Is there a supervisor I can talk to; that doesn’t seem legal,” said Deb. The clerk replied that there was no one with authority to review denial of the permit. Deb grabbed the permit application and stormed out of the building. On Saturday a small group of Deb’s followers gathered with her on the sidewalk in front of City Hall. Deb said, “This is what I think about this City’s repression of free speech and due process.” She lit the permit afire and dropped it into a nearby trash bin. The trash ignited and after the fire department extinguished the flames Deb was arrested and charged with malicious destruction of an official government document. What First Amendment challenges, if any, can Deb bring in state court to challenge and enjoin implementation of the permit process? In Deb’s state court proceeding challenging the permit process, if the permit clerk testifies that she thought the permit application was “really unfair for anyone who wanted to protest the City government,” can the clerk interpose any First Amendment protections against being terminated for her testimony? If so, is she likely to prevail? What First Amendment defenses, if any, can Deb interpose against prosecution of the document destruction charge? Discuss fully.