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October 13, 2010

Supreme Court Denies Case of Denver Residents Removed from Bush Speech
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The Supreme Court has rejected a case brought by the American Civil
Liberties Union on behalf of two Denver residents who were ejected from
a speech by President Bush in 2005. Leslie Weise and Alex Young were
removed before Bush took the stage after White House staffers noticed a
bumper sticker on their car reading "no blood for oil." The ACLU had
sued the White House for infringing on the pair’s constitutional rights,
but the case was thrown out in 2008. In a statement, the ACLU said, "The
notion that the government can exclude anyone it chooses from an event,
just because their point of view is at odds with that of the president,
is unconstitutional and un-American. We are confident that the wrong
done to Leslie Weise and Alex Young will one day be righted."



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