Lawsuit Charging White House with Unlawful Removal During Bush "Town-Hall-Style" Event

President Bush is arriving in Denver today where he is scheduled to make an appearance at a fundraising dinner for Colorado Congressmember Marilyn Musgrave and boost her campaign fund for the 2006 mid-term elections. While the guest list for the event is being finalized, two Denver residents are definitely not invited - Leslie Weise and Alex Young.

Last March, they attended a Bush town hall discussion on privatizing Social Security in Denver. Even though they had tickets for the event, they were promptly ejected from the building along with their friend Karen Bauer. This allegedly because of a bumper sticker on their car reading, "No More Blood for Oil." Eight of the nine members of the Colorado congressional delegation have publicly condemned the incident. Both Democrats and Republicans have called for answers from the White House. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit last week on behalf of Weise and Young, charging White House event staffers with unlawfully removing the two from the event.

* Alex Young
* Leslie Weise

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