Appeals court orders state to surrender Limbaugh records

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/7701456.htm ^ | Tue, Jan. 13, 2004 | JILL BARTON

[Sofa King]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An appeals court Tuesday ordered prosecutors to surrender Rush Limbaugh's medical records to a circuit court and keep them sealed until the appeal is further reviewed.

The 4th District Court of Appeal also ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union can join the conservative radio commentator in fighting to keep the records private.

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[expatpat]

A bit late now, isn't it? Can you reconstitute the egg after you've emptied the yok and white out of the shell?

[tubebender]

Rush Ping...

[knuthom]

I expect that the prosecutors office has been warned that if anything leaks, it will be taken very seriously. I also expect that something will leak.

[freekitty]

I agree with you.

[RS]

"A bit late now, isn't it? Can you reconstitute the egg after you've emptied the yok and white out of the shell?"

But, but... there's nothing in the records... the records prove that Rush is completely innocent !

... Now would be the time for the bad guys to "leak" whatever "information" they want that ISN'T true... I wonder how Black would handle that ?

[vpintheak]

ACLU to join Limbaugh? No way that can be true!

[Waco]

hillay ain't worried about no stenking law.

[ConservativeMan55]

Rush Ping!

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[E.G.C.]

Bump in support of Rush!!!!!!

[RS]

This is a HUGE win, win, win, win situation for the ACLU !

It appears that Rush's Kennedy Lawyer told him to "sit down and shut up" a few weeks ago and he meekly complied, but what could possibly possess him to allow this to become the circus that it surely will ?

[blackie]

Rush Rocks and he's talking about this right now!

[_Jim]

But, but... there's nothing in the records.

GIVE me a reason why YOUR medical records shouldn't be plastered all over the 'net?

WANT every cyst you've had removed, every bowel re-section posted for every one to gawk at?

How about photos and accompanying diagrams showing EVERY imperfection your fat/slim six fingered/four-toed body has?

[_Jim]

"sit down and shut up"

TAKE that advice ...

[Sofa King]

Or how about the fact that active resistance to having his privacy invaded is the kind of thing Rush would have us all do? If I were him, I'd be fighting this because of the mere principle of the thing.

[RS]

"GIVE me a reason why YOUR medical records shouldn't be plastered all over the 'net?"

Your assumption that the investigators would simply toss them out is flawed - They had the Clines information on him for a year and nothing at all leaked, they have had the records since november and nothing has leaked, they have even had a look at them in December and nothing has leaked.

Sorry about what you would LIKE to believe, but reality proves you wrong so far....

[RS]

"sit down and shut up"
TAKE that advice ...

Perhaps when I hire a Kennedy Lawyer and get the ACLU to help me handle criminal inquirys, I will...

[longtermmemmory]

The ACLU volunteered. They were not asked. Actually they are in this because they see this case as opening the door to abortion medical records.

Their involvement has nothng to do with rush. They are not even filing on his behalf. They petitioned the court for permission to file an Amicus Brief.

Anti-Rush groups are free to file for the same permissino to argue that medical records should be obtainable outside of legislativly outlined laws. (not that judges respect black letter law in FL)

[RS]

"The ACLU volunteered. They were not asked."

... and you know this how ? Would you put it past Black to make a few phone calls to his friends ? Would you expect him to annouce that he did ?


"Actually they are in this because they see this case as opening the door to abortion medical records."

Is there something illegal about abortion that would require the State to investigate medical records ?

If there IS something illegal about abortion that would require the records to be released to investigators should they not be ?



Hey Rush, do you realize that your stance on these records that will prove your innocence may be helping the abortionists ? ( along with the medicinal pot suppliers )



"Their involvement has nothng to do with rush. They are not even filing on his behalf. They petitioned the court for permission to file an Amicus Brief."

If this has nothing to do with Rush, then just what is the court considering ?
... and what an amazing coincidence that they would seize his records from the investigators on the same day !

Just where were they when medical records from hospitals are routinely searched in DUI cases ?