Suit Says Protesters Kept Away From Bush

[hiphopnation]

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WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) asked the federal courts Tuesday to prevent the U.S. Secret Service from keeping anti-Bush protesters far away from presidential appearances while allowing supporters to display their messages up close.

The civil liberties group filed the lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania on behalf of four advocacy organizations that claimed that the Secret Service (news - web sites) forced them into protest zones or other areas where they could not be seen by President Bush (news - web sites) or Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) or be noticed by the media covering their visits.

Yahoo

[DemoTex]

1. Exactly why I send $$$ to the ACLU.

I am a card carrying member.

[hiphopnation]

2. Right...

I was thinking the same thing as I was reading this.

"Thank God for the ACLU."

[karlschneider]

4. Me too, Mac...just renewed my card!

Did you see the report of 2 planes that jammed together at LAS today?
I caught just a moment, couldn't figure out what kind either one was...

[alcuno]

3. The ACLU is

money well spent.

[karlschneider]

5. You betcha! If for even no other reason than they piss off Pat ROBert$on!

:D

[mediaman007]

6. ACLU: America's most patriotic organization

Proud to say that my entire household has membership!

While a great many of their causes are liberal, they base their stands on the relationship to the Bill of Rights, regardless of the client.

[ignatius]

7. He was here in Indianapolis a few weeks ago. I had something

else going on near where he was speaking. Cops on horses kept theprotestors away and there were snipers on the roof where he was speaking.

It was bizarre, it did not feel like an American city, more like what I envision a third world country to be.

[lazarus]

8. dupe

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