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2 Ejected From '05 Bush Event (Because Of Their Bumper Sticker) In Court

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments that two people who were booted from a Denver public appearance by then-President George W. Bush shouldn't have been excluded from the event because of their views expressed on a bumper sticker.

Leslie Weise and Alex Young claim their First Amendment rights were violated when they were ejected from the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum on March 21, 2005, just before Bush was to appear at a taxpayer-funded town hall to tout his plan to privatize Social Security.

A judge dismissed their lawsuit last year, saying Bush had the right to ensure only his message was conveyed at his own speech. The lawsuit names two volunteers who asked Weise and Young to leave and two members of Bush's White House Advance team that oversaw the volunteers.

Weise and Young say a Secret Service agent told them they were picked for removal because they arrived at the museum in a car with a bumper sticker reading, "No More Blood For Oil," which was a reference to the Iraq war.

American Civil Liberties Union attorney Chris Hansen, who represents the two, argued that allowing the earlier ruling to stand would mean that government officials could screen everyone and exclude people from public meetings, including school boards, city council meetings, even Congress.

"It means they (government officials) will never have to hear from people who disagree with them," Hansen argued.

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6 comments // 2 Ejected From '05 Bush Event (Because Of Their Bumper Sticker) In Court

  • artemis6
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  

    • This is no surprise. Back in the 2004 elections, Bush came and gave a "vote for me" speech in Medford Oregon. Some friends of my mothers were, and for all I know still are, republicans. So they went and purchased tickets to go see Bush give his "vote for me" speech. They made their own shirts with very bright colors that were pro Bush, but since it was cold out they wore normal shirts over the pro Bush ones. Well the rally got underway and they took their top layers off to display their vibrant support of Bush. Because of the vibrant colors, they were targeted by the security and removed from the event.

      They had colorful shirts that were pro Bush at a Bush event, and they were removed because their shirts were too bright, making the people who work for Bush think that they were liberal trouble makers. So yeah, this is no surprise.

    • 2 years ago
  • pjacobs51
  • Ares
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      Ares  

    • No surprise the ACLU snapped this up... Come on people. This is like going to a KKK rally wearing a shirt that says "I'm a gay Jew, married to someone of the opposite race." First Amendment good, common sense bad, apparently.

    • 2 years ago
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