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Originally Posted by Boiler
May be incidents like this are the reason why some people have to laugh when the United States are described as the land of the free...
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We're still the land of the free, but even when governmental action is patantly unconstitutional (as it is here), it is the people who have to fight back.
The best way to deal with this is to set up a test case: get someone who wants to be involved stand with a adverse sign and refuse to move when ordered. The person will either be arrested or physically removed. If the person is arrested, defense counsel can defend the person's actions on Constitutional grounds. If the person is physically removed, he can sue the city, state, or federal government for violation of civil rights under color of law.
Either way, this ridiculous practice will be stopped. Of course, the Bush admin will call the judges "activists legislating from the bench" like he does when they rightly recognize the right for gays to marry, but the precedent will be set.
I think the problem is that I read that Bush applied to and was rejected from law school. Like Hitler's failed art career, maybe if Bush had been admitted, he would know what the Constitution provides and practices like stiffeling dissent and laws like the Patriot act would not have happened.