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Home Front: Politix
Appeal fails; West Point graduation closed to protesters
2007-05-26
A federal appeals court today upheld a decision giving the U.S. Military Academy authority to ban political protesters on Graduation Day.

Goshen civil rights attorney Michael Sussman and the Democratic Alliance of Orange County had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to overturn a federal judge's decision barring them from campus.

Their request would have required West Point Garrison Commander Col. Brian Crawford to open the gates to roughly 1,000 anti-war demonstrators tomorrow. But in a decision issued today, the appeals court reaffirmed the Academy's long-stated position that it is a non-public forum exempt from some forms of free-speech. "Plaintiffs' argument that the planned address of the Vice President affords them a right to express their political opinions within the confines of the West Point Cantonment is without merit," the court ruled. "Although the Vice President is a political figure, he is also an incumbent official in the United States Government, second in rank only to the Commander-in-Chief.

"As such, his mere presence on campus to address members of the United States military on their graduation day does not convert the West Point campus into a public forum."
Posted by:Seafarious

#10  Appeal fails; West Point graduation closed to protesters

Finaly, some sanity prevails.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-05-26 17:57  

#9  However, I would truly, TRULY like to force all those "1000" to spend a year in Iran, or the Magic Kingdom.

Word, 'mouse. Slimeballs like Rosie and her ilk desperately need to sample the wonders that an Islamic utopia has on offer. It would accomplish one of three things:

1.) Wise them the fuck up.

2.) Shut them the fuck up.

3.) Get the fuck beat out of them.

PS: Votes for "all of the above" are perfectly acceptable.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-26 15:38  

#8  Zen and occasional...I of course...was being factitious. These scumbags are nothing more than the eco-terrorist, marxist, and anarchist carrying a different sign. I suspect there are a smattering of true-beleivers in the crowd. However, I would truly, TRULY like to force all those "1000" to spend a year in Iran, or the Magic Kingdom.
Posted by: anymouse   2007-05-26 14:52  

#7  Our cadets deserve celebrating an end to years of hard work without enduring the presence odor of unappreciative scum whose lives they will end up protecting with their own.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-26 14:02  

#6  Hooah indeed. Congratulations and thank you, Cadets.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-05-26 11:52  

#5  I'd say let them on. It would make a target rich environment.

Sussman has been on the wrong side of nearly every suit he's brought for the last couple years.

These destructive sobs are at every main USMA event now, kept outside the gate. They overwhelm the small town that's next to West Point & cost a lot of $$ to the local taxpayers. If let onto post they would come more often & would trash what is, after all, a carefully maintained national monument as well as the graduation event itself.

I understand that a Gathering of Eagles is present to confront them today. A big HOOAH to patriots willing to call them on their crap.
Posted by: occasional observer   2007-05-26 10:46  

#4  
"Plaintiffs' argument ... is without merit"
That pretty much sums up these clowns everywhere, not just at West Point.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-05-26 09:50  

#3  Nah. However, confine them between the assembled cadets and the cliff over the Hudson. A snappy "Close Ranks", "About Face", "Forward, March" and they could repeat the scene from the "300". You know, where the Spartan phalanx introduces repelling [sans ropes] to the Persian infantry.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-05-26 09:32  

#2  Good to see there is some legal sanity left in the world.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-05-26 05:34  

#1  I'd say let them on. It would make a target rich environment.
Posted by: anymouse   2007-05-26 01:46  

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