Court rejects Bush speech ejection case

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday refused to review the case of two Colorado residents who were ejected from a 2005 Denver rally for President George W. Bush.

The Christian Science Monitor said Leslie Weise and Alex Young did not do anything disruptive at the speech venue, but White House aides had spotted a bumper sticker on their car that said "No More Blood for War."

The officials acted under an administration policy barring people who might disagree with him from Bush's speeches, the newspaper said.

The Colorado residents filed suit claiming their First Amendment rights had been violated, but a federal judge dismissed it and an appeals court agreed.

Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the case without comment, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented.

"I cannot see how reasonable public officials, or any staff or volunteers under their direction, could have viewed the bumper sticker as a permissible reason for depriving Weise and Young of access to the event," Ginsburg said.