A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by two activists who said their rights were violated by White House officials and volunteers when they were removed from a 2005 visit to Lowry by President Bush.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Wiley Daniel ruled that Leslie Weise and Alex Young had no constitutional right to be present at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum because it was a “limited private forum or limited nonpublic forum.”

“President Bush had the right, at his own speech, to ensure that only his message was conveyed,” Daniel wrote. “When the president speaks, he may choose his own words.”

Daniel’s order dismisses the case filed against three volunteers and White House officials. Motions are pending from two of the other defendants.

Weise and Young were among three people, referred to as the “Denver Three,” removed from the museum before Bush started speaking. They had obtained tickets for the taxpayer-financed event from a local congressional office, but when they pulled into the parking lot in a car bearing the bumper sticker “No More Blood For Oil,” they were pegged as potential troublemakers by White House staff.

The White House has a policy of excluding troublemakers — even potential troublemakers — from appearances by Bush. Daniel ruled that previous courts had allowed a restriction of speech at presidential events.