Yes, you can Occupy—but only at or in reasonable times places, and manners, as prescribed by local government.
"Even liberty itself, the greatest of all rights, is not unrestricted license to act according to one's own will. It is only freedom from restrain under conditions essential to the equal enjoyment of the same right by others. It is then liberty regulated by law."
Crowley v. Christensen, 137 U.S. 86, 89-90 (1890).
"A State or municipality may protect individual privacy by enacting reasonable time, place, and manner regulations applicable to all speech irrespective of content."
Erznoznik v. Jacksonville, 422 U.S. 205, 209 (1975).
"People assemble in public places not only to speak or to take action, but also to listen, observe, and learn; indeed they may 'assemble for any lawful purpose,' subject to the traditional time, place, and manner restrictions."
Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 578 (1980)
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