"BUBBLE BOY" VS. THE 1ST AMENDMENT

(Via Crooks&Liars)

ACLU suing over ouster from event
Action taken on part of 2 people
booted from Bush speech

By Ann Imse, Rocky Mountain News
November 21, 2005

The American Civil Liberties Union is taking up the case of two of the three people ejected from a presidential appearance in Denver over a bumper sticker and has named a federal bureaucrat in Denver as the mystery man who ousted them.

The ACLU filed suit today in federal court in Denver, alleging violation of the pair's civil rights.
The suit identifies the man who ejected them as Michael Casper, a building manager in the General Services Administration in Denver. Casper has worked as a volunteer at several White House events since 1996.

President Bush came to Denver March 21 to speak about Social Security at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. Alex Young, 26, Leslie Weise, 39, and Karen Bauer, 38, say they were ejected from the event even though they had done nothing disruptive. Young and Weise are suing.

All three had tickets to the public event, which was sponsored by the White House and paid for by taxpayers.

The lawsuit says that at other presidential appearances around the country, people with views opposing the president's have been denied entry, ejected or arrested.

"This case isn't about just a couple of people here in Denver," Silverstein said. "It's really about a principle, about the rights and liberties of us all."