Ohio State students who protested Shrub's presence at their graduation by silently turning their backs to the stage were led out of the auditorium by the police, who told them that they would be charged with disturbing the peace if they didn't leave the premises. Earlier, they had been threatened with arrest and withholding of their diplomas if they engaged in their First Amendment protected right to silently protest the President's policy. (For contrast, Clinton's presence at an Ohio State grad ceremony enjoyed no such protection — he was heckled and jeered and simply toughed it out like a grownup).
Update: In the discussion area BB readers have posted some first-hand accounts and links that suggest that the AP wire that orginally carried this story misstated the facts, or rather, conflated them. It appears that the administration only banned verbal protests of the Shrub (still a First Amendment right, last time I checked), but turning one's back was permitted.
(via Ambiguous)
