Secret Service didn't clip rights of anti-Bush protesters, Supreme Court says
By Warren Richey, Staff writer / May 27, 2014
Secret Service agents did not engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in 2004 when they ordered protesters opposed to then-President George W. Bush to be moved farther away from the chief executive than a group of pro-Bush demonstrators, the US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
In a unanimous decision, the high court said that the Secret Service agents acted in response to valid security concerns when they decided to relocate protesters who were within weapons range of Mr. Bush.
The court’s 18-page decision reversed an appeals court ruling that upheld a First Amendment lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union claiming that Secret Service agents violated the free speech rights of 200 to 300 anti-Bush demonstrators.
The suit included allegations that the White House maintained a policy of intentionally pushing anti-Bush protesters farther away from campaign events or presidential travel routes ...
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