Supreme Court rejects case of woman ejected from Bush speech

Los Angeles Times / latimes.com ^ | October 12, 2010|9:15 a.m. | By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau

[A.A. Cunningham]

Alex Young (left) and Leslie Weise, seen in a 2005 photo at the ACLU office, filed a federal suit claiming that for political reasons they were kicked out of a 2005 town meeting with President Bush held in Denver. (Post file / Lyn Alweis)

The group had tickets to the event from the office of Representative Bob Beauprez, a Colorado Republican, and Ms. Weise said they had said or done nothing to cause a disturbance. She did say they had contemplated protesting beforehand, and wore "Stop the Lies" T-shirts under their clothes, but in the end decided not to. So why the T-shirts?

"It was just a feel-good thing," Ms. Weise said. "It's silly."

From left, Leslie Weise, Karen Bauer and Alex Young had tickets to President Bush’s meeting on Social Security reform but say a man they thought was with the Secret Service forced them to leave. (Denver Post Photos/John Epperson)

[knarf]

What’s the ruling when EVERYONE that disagrees is not allowed and the only crowd is hand picked numbskulls ?

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from October 12, 2010. Thanks thecodont.

The Supreme Court turned down a lawsuit today against aides to former President George W. Bush for having ejected a Colorado woman from one of his public speeches because her car had a bumper sticker that said "No More Blood for Oil." By a 7-2 vote, the court let stand a ruling that held the president is free to select his audience at public speeches and to have his aides remove persons who may disagree with him. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, saying the Constitution does not permit officials to exclude persons simply "for holding discordant views."

"unless of course it's done proactively, such as the way Obama's aides preselect all attendees to all his public appearances. And of course, any Democrat is also good to go."