“…a threat of being disruptive”
2 Ejected From Bush Speech Posed a Threat, Lawyers Say
By DAN FROSCH
DENVER, April 13 – Lawyers for two men charged with illegally ejecting two people from a speech by President Bush in 2005 are arguing that the president’s staff can lawfully remove anyone who expresses points of view different from his.
“They excluded people from a White House event because they posed a threat of being disruptive,” said a lawyer for Mr. Casper, Sean Gallagher. </em>
Hardly needs comment, does it? But we’ll let JFK make one anyway:
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
