Outrage in Idaho: Feds send man to prison for protecting town from flooding

Stiff Right Jab ^ | August 04, 2008 | Bryan Fischer

[Pablo64]

There just are no words short of profanity to describe the vileness of these kinds of activist judges. They should NEVER be addressed as "Your Honor" since they are totally and completely devoid of any honor. They are intellectually incapable of even grasping the concept of "honor".

[MrPiper]

Yea, I do hate attorneys!

True story: My next door neighbor is a lawyer. He invited me over to a card game about a year ago. I asked who was coming. He said some lawyer friends of his. I kindly said: "No, but thanks for the address so I can call in an airstike." He has not spoken to me since.

[poindexters brother]

Last couple of times I got called for jury duty the judges said they would not tolerate any of this jury nullification nonsense in their courts.

Of course, the jury doesn't have to tolerate any such judicial nonsense either. Guess who trumps when the verdict is rendered?!

[null and void]

The judge.

It’s called contempt of court.

[B4Ranch]

>The jury was the problem, they were there to check the Government and instead the did not do their duty in a serious manner.<

99.9999999% of all juries do not have any inkling of their authority or power.

[stormer]

Yeah, you're right.

Grow up.

[Jeff Head]

This is the first I have heard of this. I know people over in that country and will contact them.

The beauriocrats and judge who did this should themselves be in jail, after a good, stiff, flogging, IMHO.

They are petty tyrants who willfully ignored the history of this case and the earlier rulings to purposely send this man to prison.

It should not stand.

Idaho representatives at the local, state, and national level should move this forward, and in the worst case appeal to Bush to turn this over.

[patton]

Yep. And, in many jurisdictions, it is illegal to tell them.

[Smokin' Joe]

The jury was the problem

As is often the case, the jury only acted on what information they had.

The screening (and exclusion) of all exculpatory evidence, including decisions by Federal Agencies, ensured that he did not receive a fair trial.

The Judge is to blame and should be removed from the bench.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ah yes. Wetlands

In case you haven't, read the whole article at the link. Except for Spring runoff, the wetlands were not even wet.

[Smokin' Joe]

Even though we don't have anyone running for President that thrills us, the Supreme Court is essential to stopping this kind of government game-playing

Like Kelo?

[boomop1]

They if left to their own could go to that extreme, we have given them too long a leash. I work in projects for them, they are a bottomless pit of regulations as has the rest of government, out of control feeding from our pockets.

[TYVets]

All of this shit under George W. Bush.

When you voted in 2000 you only replaced the President and a handful of folks.

Clinton Communists continue to infest the government, and Bush did absolutely nothing to get rid of them.

Federal judge Lynn Winmill appointed 1995 by then President Bill Clinton.

I don't think President Bush can remove him.

[editor-surveyor]

"Private ownership and control of the means of production, ie property, is essential to capitalism and to freedom."

But we have discovered that five current members of SCOTUS don't agree with that premise.

[editor-surveyor]

"He invited me over to a card game about a year ago."

They needed some fish to fill the pot ;o)

[poindexters brother]

How can the judge know what criteria you used to render your verdict?

To my knowledge, a juror can be held in contempt of court for failing to appear for duty when summoned, for not answering questions during selection, etc. but not for rendering a verdict based on the facts of the case as they see them.

[Kay Ludlow]

Thank you - I knew you’d be interested!

[Kay Ludlow]

Like Kelo?

Kelo is one of the reasons we need at least one more Supreme Court Justice with a little common sense! I have more hope that McCain would appoint someone like that than that Obama would.

Something I've been wondering about - after all the constant questioning by the media on whether it was time for Rehnquist to retire... why isn't there any for Stevens to retire now that he's 88? Or for Ginsberg, with her health issues, to retire? Oh... nevermind.

[Kay Ludlow]

That's why we need change I can believe in! Unfortunately, neither of the current candidates come close to that. Obama is so far off the left scale though that we'll have to settle for McCain.

[dsc]

“At this point, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), emboldened by newly granted bureaucratic authority, jumped in and went right after Mr. Moses”

Stupid hippies. What addlepated twit gave them new authority? They need to be stripped of all authority and funding.