MrB, when he accused our Marines of "KILLING INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN COLD BLOOD" he was NOT on the House floor! He was on a national tv program, that quickly went international!
Posted on 04/14/2009 8:02:43 AM PDT by earlJam
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer Nedra
Pickler, Associated Press Writer – 2 mins ago
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ruled that a Marine cannot sue Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha for defamation.
Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich of Meriden, Conn., claimed Murtha damaged his reputation by saying he and his comrades killed women and children "in cold blood" in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005.
Murtha argued he has immunity from the lawsuit because he was acting in his official role as a lawmaker...
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Loud mouth cannot stand against a Marine!!! What a joke he is.
Our court system is in ruins. I doubt we will ever repair it.
This stuff is just getting crazier and crazier every day
It was the job of the Republican Party to defend the honor of our military. Instead they decided to remain silent.
Marvelous—a lawmaker is exempt from slander, defamation of character and sheer outright lies, especially against our military. No wonder every leftist wants to get elected!
Frank ping
Oh, wait, I'm not a lawmaker doing my “official duties”!!! Hope I don't get sued by Murtha and the judge!
Hmmm...I thought that that immunity was only for statements made on the floor of the House, and not outside the building to reporters.
Perhaps not. But he can kick his ass...and I hope he does.
Hey, if you’re a public official you can lie and impugn the honor of anyone without recourse. You can also call your own constituents red neck bitter clingers and get re-elected. Is this a great country or what? /s/
Well, I guess the Marine will simply have to go to Plan B.
“It is the job of the Republican Party to defend the honor of our military. Instead, they decided to remain silent.”
Quite true. Conservatives really have no representation right now, I can’t think of a single U.S. Congressman that I trust. So therefore, we have to act on our own, collectively. And aggressively.
How about an old fashion duel? That is how loud mouthed traitors like Murtha used to be taken care of. Anyone remember the Sumner Caning Incident. I’m a South Carolinian. We will never forget it.
All they have to do is pay off the court clerk who assigns the cases to judges. The court clerk probably assigned that judge because the judge was sympathetic to Murtha.
Yet another case of overt judicial misconduct in the service of a political agenda. Or did Murtha just give them money? This SOB was NOT acting as a legislator when he slandered our Marines. He was bloviating on TV, in an agit-prop campaign designed to give aid and comfort to America’s enemies. The judges’ position means that Members of Congress are mini-Sun Kings , above the laws that bound the rest of us. What bastards these people are!
The corrupt court system - just another one of the boxes of liberty closed up by the left.
However, I agree with this one. A congressman should be able to say whatever he wants on the floor without having civil or criminal penalties.
His constituents need to take care of the problem and vote him out. If they don’t, they should be the subject of national ridicule.
Paula Jones can take a President to court. What makes Murtha so special?
This amounts to a blanket exemption for lawmakers. I believe the standard used to be that only statements made “from the well of the House” were exempt. Why shouldn’t the courts return to that definition & let a trial court sort out the rest?
CONGRESSIONAL CENSURE of Murtha.
Or puruse charges of TREASON for deliberately attacking our troops in wartime to embolden the enemy.
Republicans will not stand up for themselves much less anyone else.
Slander, like libel, perury, and treason, is NOT protected speech.
Murtha may be immune from prosecution but he is still a fat fart, a weasel, and a crook. He will burn in hell for all of eternity unless Al Gore succeeds in shutting down the fires of hell to stop cosmic warming, in which case Murtha will get off with an eternity of worms crawling in and out of his orifices.
Hey, John Murtha, apologize, then STFU!
What is Plan B?
Give him a rifle, a lifeboat and tow him behind a Marine ship off the coast of Somolia?
The ‘rifle’ part sounds good, for starters.
Plus Murtha paid him something.
These b*5+*rds can't sue all of us!
If you're a lawmaker on "official duty" you're immune...but if you are delinquint on your taxes, you're DOUBLE IMMUNE...
If it didn’t happen in 2005 when the Republicans still (I think?) controlled he House, you think it’d ever be possible under Frau Pelosi?
The law... is an ass.
Give MURTHA a rifle, a lifeboat and tow him behind a Marine ship off the coast of Somolia.
Then see what the Marines would do.
“This is an embarrassment for the majority of voters in this scumbag’s district. “
My wife is from Carroltown, in the heart of Murtha’s district. At church I was looking at the people. They are decent, hard-working folks.
I can’t understand why they support Murtha.
I can only conclude that they just aren’t aware of what a scum he is. Sure the local media doesn’t inform them.
Many are Catholic. They still believe in the mantra: The Democrats are for the poor people, the Republicans are for the rich people.
But, to be sure, many of them believe that Murtha brings home the bacon for the district.
It’s very perplexing.
I pray all the time to St. Joseph, the patron saint of Justice...
An armed and dueling society is a POLITE society...
An armed and dueling society deals with assholes, quickly and permanently.
He wasn't on the floor when he made the accusations.
FMCDH(BITS)
As long as one lawmaker does not operate counter to a cadre of stronger lawmakers, he can do as he pleases. Murtha has even admitted that he is corrupt. But since he’s protected by the Princess of Darkness he’s untouchable.
“Kick his ass”. Well, he would be acting in his role as a Marine, wouldn’t he? Murtha can’t sue him.
You're getting close! The end is drawing nigh...let us prepare!
CA....
That is such a bs law.
WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!
MrB, when he accused our Marines of "KILLING INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN COLD BLOOD" he was NOT on the House floor! He was on a national tv program, that quickly went international!
Well now that’s mighty convenient.
Go to the district to work on the campaign of his challenger and watch Murtha's union thugs in action. Will get understanding very quickly.
Sorry smooth...meant to include you in this post.
I’m shocked! Who would have thought a court would rule on the side of a politician against a Marine/citizen/non-elite/nobody.
Instead, the Marine should’ve redirected his lawsuit to say Murtha was (or could be) polluting the environment with his incessant hot air.
If the people of his district had ANY honor AT ALL he would be gone, or at the very least, he would be shamed.
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