Organizers say action is being taken to reject the notion the country is ruled by a "king" and to show what democracy looks like: "people, united, refusing to be ruled."

Thousands of planned "No Kings Day" demonstrations to take place on Saturday, June 14 across the country.

Many cite the $45 million cost, potential infrastructure damage to the streets of the nation’s capital from heavily armored vehicles and politicization of the armed forces as primary points of concer...