Enemies of America, in a Courtroom Near You

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 31 August 2007 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

This is a follow-up on a story that y'all have been paying attention to.

John / Billybob

[Disambiguator]

Can someone file a RICO lawsuit against the ACLU? We need to put them out of business.

[bboop]

Thanks for posting it. I would like to see the ACLU ridden out of town. Off the cliff.

[ARE SOLE]

If there are at least five Justices of the Court who believe the Constitution should be obeyed, not toyed with, this decision will be reversed. Self-government will be restored to Hazleton and all towns and states like it. Lastly, a fat award of fees and costs, say $20 million or so, should be assessed against the ACLU for violating the constitutional rights of the people of Hazleton, and by extension, of all Americans

Here's hoping we are not betrayed from the top John. All my life I have heard if you don't vote you have no righ to complain. I know these are not elected positions but it seems like the government does what they damn well please from the President on down.

Regards

[SandRat]

[Obie Wan]

Just wondering,in your opinion would tort reform in our court system curb some of the ACLU’s influence ???

[Congressman Billybob]

The only aspect of tort reform that would seriously slow down the ACLU would be Congress stripping the federal courts of some of their jurisdiction that the ACLU is currently misusing.

John / Billybob

[takenoprisoner]

I don’t know where you’ve been billybob, but ‘we the people’ haven’t been in charge of our destiny for a long long long long long time.

Welcome to aboard the reality cruise.

[Graymatter]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889644/posts

Here’s the local news report of this all-too-predictable development.

[mrsmel]

I know these are not elected positions but it seems like the government does what they damn well please from the President on down.

That's what I think now. And it looks like both parties are in collusion, and we don't have any options. Neither side pays any attention to the people any longer than they have to to get a vote. Then they betray us at will. I just hope this country hangs in there a while longer. When we've done everything possible politically and legally to try to protest their betrayal, their absolute giving away of this country for their own purposes, what's left? I suppose they think that all the money they're making will protect them or enable them to flee elsewhere if we're all still here when the fall happens-my only consolation is that the Muslim terrorists, the third world immigrants, and all those who can't wait to see America fail, will have no more respect for them than for any of us. It's sad that that's a consolation when it does no one else any good, but that's how I feel.

[Obie Wan]

Well I’m not a lawyer nor do I play one on tv,however isn’t it a tenet of tort reform,that if a frivolous law suit is brought to court by a group and they lose the case they end up paying ALL the court costs involved? It seems to me if this is accurate we could put a little financial squeeze on our friends in the ACLU !!!

[jazusamo]

Thanks! Good article.

[Congressman Billybob]

There already is a “loser pays” provision in the Civil Rights Laws. It’s the Attorneys Fee Act of 1976 which the ACLU has been using to bludgeon small towns and small school boards into caving to ACLU demands. “Loser pays” also known as the English Rule, would be a fine reform in tort law generally. But it already exists in this area of the law.

John / Billybob

[Gabz]

Taxpayer funds to the ACLU need to cease and desist NOW.

[Obie Wan]

So is there no reasonable legislative action that could be taken to offset the abuse of law these people are taking advantage of ???

[Postman]

Why is there such deafening silence when anyone suggests something eminently sensible like a RICO lawsuit against the aclu or against sanctuary cities???

[Congressman Billybob]

Yes, there is. As I stated, Congress has the right to curtail the jurisdiction of the federal courts to cut off the ACLU at the knees. Congress has not acted.

John / Billybob

[Congressman Billybob]

RICO does not apply to the ACLU, just as it does not apply to pro-life demonstrators at an abortion clinic. It was written to deal with organized crime. We are all safer if it is kept and used for that purpose, and not as an all-purpose cudgel to bash in the brains of whomever we do not like.

John / Billybob

[Disambiguator]

I just keep seeing these posts on the illegal threads about citizens being able to bring RICO lawsuits against companies that knowingly employ illegals, so I was wondering if a citizen would also have standing to take it to the ACLU for interfering with the lawful discharge of a city’s obligations to its own citizens.

I agree that we need to be careful with this stuff, but it’s worth discussing, if nothing else.

[Obie Wan]

Well then John,I’d say it’s time for you to get back in Congress and get this show on the road !!!