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  • Judge rules camping ban near Bush ranch constitutional (Witch in the Ditch told to just 'move on')

    08/08/2006 5:22:47 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 15 replies · 932+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 8/8/06 | Angela K. Brown - ap
    Roadside camping and parking bans are constitutional, a federal judge ruled, blocking protesters from pitching tents or placing portable toilets in ditches near President Bush's ranch. Protesters sought to make a smaller makeshift campsite than what Cindy Sheehan set up a year ago off the winding, two-lane road leading to Bush's ranch, said attorney David Broiles, who sued on behalf of Sheehan, of Berkeley, Calif., and four other anti-war demonstrators. But less than a week after asking the protesters and McLennan County officials to try to reach a compromise, U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith ruled unexpectedly late Monday that...