Do presidents have an inherent right to exclude critics at their speeches?
It appears this issue is headed to the supreme court but it remains to be seen whether it will be decided by the court.
The case is prompted by the actions of the Bush administration which routinely screened out any potential critics of their policies during speeches given by George W Bush. In one such notorious incident, a couple was handcuffed and thrown out of a Bush speech because they wore a tee shirt with a line striking out Bush's name. The couple eventually received $80,000 for the incident.
It was also common for Bush to give speeches before military gatherings wherein the attendees could not protest anything he said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-speech-20100829,0,2547980.story
It appears this issue is headed to the supreme court but it remains to be seen whether it will be decided by the court.
The case is prompted by the actions of the Bush administration which routinely screened out any potential critics of their policies during speeches given by George W Bush. In one such notorious incident, a couple was handcuffed and thrown out of a Bush speech because they wore a tee shirt with a line striking out Bush's name. The couple eventually received $80,000 for the incident.
It was also common for Bush to give speeches before military gatherings wherein the attendees could not protest anything he said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-speech-20100829,0,2547980.story
