Can The President Expel Non-Disruptive People From A Public Event Based on Their Viewpoint? A Tenth Circuit Case Gets It Wrong

Vikram David Amar and Alan Brownstein write at Findlaw: “In this column, we critique a recent and potentially important case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that, to our minds, completely misapplies basic free speech theory and doctrine. Taken at face value, the case threatens to place the President above, if not the law entirely, at least the First Amendment . . . The ruling, Weise v. Casper, involves the expulsion of two persons, Leslie Weise and Alex Young, from a speech given by then-President George W. Bush in March 200 . . . “