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Originally posted by jarink:
I'm not sure on the exact laws regarding DoS attacks in the US, but I'd bet they are deemed illegal even as a form of protest. Just because you're protesting something doesn't give you the right to protest in any fashion you see fit, especially if it can cause harm to other people, businesses, or public infrastructure. (For example, it's OK to picket outside abortion clinics, but fire-bombing them is not.)
Here is an example of the 'free speech' issue involving verbal abuse at protests, even if it causes no physical harm to whoever or whatever the protesters are against: