Posted on 09/30/2007 7:43:04 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a defamation case against Rep. John P. Murtha and ordered the Pennsylvania Democrat to give a sworn deposition in the case.
A Marine Corps sergeant is suing the 18-term congressman for alleging ''cold-blooded murder and war crimes'' by unnamed soldiers in connection with the deaths of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha. The deaths became prominent in May 2006 when Murtha, who opposes the Iraq war, said at a Capitol Hill news conference that a Pentagon war crimes investigation will show Marines killed dozens of innocent Iraqi civilians in the town in 2005.
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U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer .... said she was troubled by the idea the lawmakers are immune from lawsuits regardless of what they say to advance their political careers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
***don't let my wife see this***
Flies in the face of the 14th Amendment. Either we are equal under the law or we are not.
Who Rah!
Any one want to give me 10-1 odds the LIB/RATS go after her?
Think maybe in the future the libs will remember to keep their lies on the floor of Congress? They can’t be touched there.
If anyone from Murthas district had any “gravitas”, they would go after him with “extreme prejudice”.
This might reign in a few more tongues from "the Hallowed Halls"
Is not Murtha a WWII vet? If so, wouldn’t he be liable for the deaths of over 200,000 civilians when we fire bombed Japan and Germany? I’m not saying that what we did as a nation was wrong....it ended WWII and saved over 500,000 of our troops. War is war and crap happens during war. This guy is an insult to the American people and should not be allowed in Congress.
*smirk*
~waves of schadenfreude~
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
Semper fooey, Murtha.
He was a Nam “strap hanger”.
Whatever gave you the idea that was are equal under the law. Jack Murtha is laughing his fat ass off as the House Counsel dusts off the Speech and Debate Clause which protects our elected lords and masters from any accountability for any statements made in their official capacity. Murtha will never see the inside of a court over this. (:^| )
With Kerry kinda medals - laughable
Hopefully, his real military record will make the headlines
“A Regan appiontee, don’t we know?”
No. Actually a Bush #2 appointment to be a judge.
She worked in the Reagan govt.
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/collyer-bio.html
“A Regan appiontee, don’t we know?”
No. Actually a Bush #2 appointment to be a judge.
She worked in the Reagan govt.
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/collyer-bio.html
Nomination of Rosemary M. Collyer To Be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and Designation as Chairman
June 23rd, 1981The President today announced his intention to nominate Rosemary M. Collyer to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of 6 years, expiring August 30, 1986, vice Jerome R. Waldie.
Upon confirmation, the President intends to designate Mrs. Collyer Chairman.
Thanks for the catch. - Bill
She looks tough... God bless her!
Excellent news.
“U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer .... said she was troubled by the idea the lawmakers are immune from lawsuits regardless of what they say to advance their political careers.”
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Maybe some of our Nam Vets, who suffered from Kerry’s, Kennedy’s and Fonda’s lies can sue these liberal bastards for defamation.
True, it cannot hurt him amongst the dems, but that would be an impossible task. - holding their leaders to an ethical standard, that is.
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