Occupy Wall Street protesters won’t be occupying the courts after all.

Protesters had planned to demonstrate in front of a Manhattan federal courthouse on Friday, but a judge refused to overturn a ruling rejecting their permit.

Judge Lewis Kaplan said Thursday that a federal courthouse is not a public forum.

Organizers say their First Amendment rights were violated.

The demonstration was meant to mark the second anniversary of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against spending limits by independent organizations.

Protesters plan to at rally in Foley Square instead.

(Source: NY1)