State halts permitting on weekend rallies at Capitol ahead of ‘No Kings’ protest
A crowd of roughly 1,000 gathers at the “No Kings” rally at the Montana Tribal Flag Plaza on June 14, 2025. (Zeke Lloyd/MTFP)
Organizers of the upcoming “No Kings” rally in Helena say that a new state rule banning permits for weekend rallies on the Capitol grounds violates their First Amendment rights. State officials countered that the new rule, quietly instituted just last month, was intended to save money.
The update to permitting guidelines on the Montana.gov site, which has not been previously reported, states that public events requiring a permit “may only occur on weekdays and between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., excluding holidays.”
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