The "Denver Three" are sticking it out even tho' only two are left
i was beginning to think this had fallen through the cracks... i'm glad it hasn't... of course, with our limited attention spans, it might as well have, even though it's re-emerging now...
if nothing else, it's an excellent reminder of just how bush and his criminal compatriots have worked diligently to make it look like bush had solid support by packing his appearances with pre-screened loyalists...
also, i have to give these people credit... it takes a lot of determination to stick something like this out... it's one thing when you're still in the media spotlight and can pull energy from notoriety... it's something else altogether when you're just another voice crying in the wilderness... Submit To Propeller
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Two people ejected from a speech by President Bush in Denver in 2005, allegedly because of an anti-war bumper sticker on a car they drove to the event, won a court order Monday they hope will uncover who gave the order to kick them out.
Leslie Weise and Alex Young, two of the three people removed from the taxpayer-funded event, are suing two Denver men for actually ousting them. But they believe a White House official gave the order.
Weise and Young say they did nothing disruptive at the speech and maintain the ouster violated their rights to free speech and protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel rejected a motion to dismiss the case by defendants Michael Casper and Jay Klinkerman, who worked as volunteers at the event.
That decision allows attorneys for Weise and Young to question the two Denver men under oath.
Daniel limited their questioning of the defendants to issues of whether they are entitled to governmental immunity. But the judge said in his order that includes "whether defendants were 'closely supervised' by government officials."
"I think it's pretty clear," Young said. "Whether they were closely supervised" must include "who the supervisors were and what their functions were."
if nothing else, it's an excellent reminder of just how bush and his criminal compatriots have worked diligently to make it look like bush had solid support by packing his appearances with pre-screened loyalists...
also, i have to give these people credit... it takes a lot of determination to stick something like this out... it's one thing when you're still in the media spotlight and can pull energy from notoriety... it's something else altogether when you're just another voice crying in the wilderness... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
10/31/2006
