DC judge dismisses truckers’ ‘fallen soldiers’ convoy lawsuit

Trucks parked at speedway in Hagerstown, Md.

A federal judge has ruled that a group of truckers who alleged the District of Columbia violated its free speech rights failed to prove its case and dismissed the lawsuit.

The 16-member group, which called itself “13 trucks for 13 fallen soldiers,” traveled to Washington from Hagerstown, Maryland, several times during the same week in March that the People’s Convoy demonstrated in their trucks around the capital.

Its intent, as the group stated in the lawsuit filed in May with the U.S. District...

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American Trucking Associations denounces cross-border protests

The American Trucking Associations officially weighed in on growing turmoil at the U.S.-Canada border as demonstrations that started as trucker protests against the vaccine mandate spiral into costly supply chain delays.

“ATA strongly opposes any protest activities that disrupt public safety and compromise the economic and national security of the United States,” ATA President and CEO Chris Spear said in a statement issued Thursday.

“We held serious concerns about the unintended impact a vaccine...

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