"Those pansy A-holes give Orange County a bad name"
Posted on 05/25/2007 10:27:43 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Court: Protesters Can't Enter West Point For VP's Speech
POSTED: 1:11 pm EDT May 25, 2007 UPDATED: 1:13 pm EDT May 25, 2007 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The mere presence of Vice President Dick Cheney does not turn West Point into a public forum and is not an "open invitation" to protesters, a federal appeals court said Friday.
Cheney is scheduled to deliver the commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday and about 1,000 people had hoped to march onto the campus for an anti-war demonstration.
But the Army denied permission, a federal judge in White Plains agreed and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused Friday to issue a preliminary injunction that would allow the march.
The would-be protesters -- the Democratic Alliance of Orange County and several individuals -- argued that Cheney is likely to speak in support of the war in Iraq and they should be allowed to express an opposing view.
The three-judge panel disagreed, saying the protesters had misunderstood how the First Amendment applies inside a military base.
"Although the vice president is a political figure, he is also an incumbent official in the United States government," the court wrote. "As such, his mere presence on campus to address members of the United States military on their graduation day does not convert the West Point campus into a public forum; nor does it serve as an open invitation for 1,000 or more outsiders to engage in freewheeling and potentially distracting (if not disruptive) acts of political expression."
The protesters' attorney, Stephen Bergstein, said the military gets too much respect.
"No other institution in our society enjoys the deference that the military establishment enjoys," he said.
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You weasel........
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No other institution in society has as much of their blood spilt to preserve the rights of rodents like Bergstein to act like idiots.
And, guess what, most factories, business establishments and other non-military institutions have rules as to who can and can't come on their property and rules to govern the behavior of those who are so admitted.
That has got to be the quote of the day!
Finally someone made a good decision.
Mr. Bergstein. Just another slimy mouthpiece for the left.
No respect fot the military that makes him safe to be an A-hole.
Well, there it is. The cat is out of the lib-loons' bag...
How did this idiot ever get a law degree?
Well, you apply to and graduate from law school and pass the bar.....
But they “Support” the Troops??????????????
Wrong. The media can get away with liable, theft and treason, and no one is held accountable.
So??? Let the A$$holes paddle up and down the Hudson River which runs right past West Point. They could holler their slogans, fly banners between rowboats, stage “drown-in” demonstrations by jumping overboard (preferably without life preservers), go down with sinking canoes, do Benedict Arnold re-creations (very appropriate for the location), and walk planks. Should do lots of good. Pitiful jerks.
This protest has its own website
WEST POINT UPDATE: 1) Orange County peace groups are bringing a legal challenge to secure the public’s right to march through Thayer Gate and onto the grounds of the West Point Military Academy itself to protest Vice President Dick Cheney’s graduation-day speech on Saturday May 26. Yesterday, the court held a hearing and heard arguments from both peace groups and West Point’s lawyers about the case. For details, see the articles below. 2) Regardless of whether our side wins this case, it is crucial that as many people as possible gather in Highland Falls on Sat May 26 beginning at 8:30 AM to protest Cheney’s speech. We will march to Thayer Gate even if we can’t march through it. This is a critical turning point in the war, as the Congress considers limits on the administration’s warmaking powers and funding, and the public increasingly opposes the continued occupation. Please join this march in force, and spread the world to your friends and community organizations. Please forward this email to others you know who may be interested. Logistical information follows below and is available online from www.westpointrally.org and www.NoWarWestchester.org
"No other institution in our society enjoys the deference that the military establishment enjoys," he said.
I want to know that last time this POS has been in a war zone getting shot at... What a puss bag.
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