Court hits Feds with $89,000 bill for Bush Keystone Kop Gestapo silliness

[Harry Hope]

The front of the Ranks' homemade T-shirts bore the international
symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush."

The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush."

On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change
Starts at Home."

The ACLU said in a statement that a presidential advance manual makes
it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the
president's appearances.

"As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the
demonstrators from the event."



From The Associated Press, 8/16/07:
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3489979

Feds Pay $80,000 Over Anti-Bush T-Shirts

Federal Government to Pay $80,000 Settlement to Pair Arrested for
Wearing Anti-Bush T-Shirts

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)

A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that
bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the
federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union
announced Thursday.

Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, Texas, were handcuffed and
removed from the July 4, 2004, rally at the state Capitol, where Bush
gave a speech.

A judge dismissed trespassing charges against them, and an order
closing the case was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in
Charleston.

"This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for
the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the
ACLU of West Virginia.

________________________________________________

Goodness. How much more good news can we take? Don't answer that.

Harry

 

[jose]

On Aug 17, 2:48 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> The front of the Ranks' homemade T-shirts bore the international
> symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush."
>
> The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush."
>
> On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change
> Starts at Home."
>
> The ACLU said in a statement that a presidential advance manual makes
> it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the
> president's appearances.
>
> "As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the
> demonstrators from the event."
>
> From The Associated Press, 8/16/07:http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3489979
>
> Feds Pay $80,000 Over Anti-Bush T-Shirts
>
> Federal Government to Pay $80,000 Settlement to Pair Arrested for
> Wearing Anti-Bush T-Shirts
>
> CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
>
> A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that
> bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the
> federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union
> announced Thursday.
>
> Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, Texas, were handcuffed and
> removed from the July 4, 2004, rally at the state Capitol, where Bush
> gave a speech.
>
> A judge dismissed trespassing charges against them, and an order
> closing the case was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in
> Charleston.
>
> "This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for
> the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the
> ACLU of West Virginia.
>
> ________________________________________________
>
> Goodness. How much more good news can we take? Don't answer that.
>
> Harry

The American Communist Lawyer's Union should be
proud of themselves. They actually spent time defending
first amendment rights rather than suing for the removal
of all Christian symbols throughout the nation.

 

[lorad474@cs.com]

On Aug 17, 2:56 pm, jose <josefsop...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Aug 17, 2:48 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > The front of the Ranks' homemade T-shirts bore the international
> > symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush."
>
> > The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush."
>
> > On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change
> > Starts at Home."
>
> > The ACLU said in a statement that a presidential advance manual makes
> > it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the
> > president's appearances.
>
> > "As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the
> > demonstrators from the event."
>
> > From The Associated Press, 8/16/07:http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3489979
>
> > Feds Pay $80,000 Over Anti-Bush T-Shirts
>
> > Federal Government to Pay $80,000 Settlement to Pair Arrested for
> > Wearing Anti-Bush T-Shirts
>
> > CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
>
> > A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that
> > bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the
> > federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union
> > announced Thursday.
>
> > Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, Texas, were handcuffed and
> > removed from the July 4, 2004, rally at the state Capitol, where Bush
> > gave a speech.
>
> > A judge dismissed trespassing charges against them, and an order
> > closing the case was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in
> > Charleston.
>
> > "This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for
> > the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the
> > ACLU of West Virginia.
>
> > ________________________________________________
>
> > Goodness. How much more good news can we take? Don't answer that.
>
> > Harry
>
> The American Communist Lawyer's Union should be
> proud of themselves. They actually spent time defending
> first amendment rights rather than suing for the removal
> of all Christian symbols throughout the nation.

Correct.