Posted on 09/04/2009 2:09:30 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Ashcroft liable for detentions, court finds By Tony Romm - 09/04/09 04:18 PM ET
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft may be sued and held liable for wrongly detaining witnesses after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
In its decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Abdullah Al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen detained as a material witness for two weeks, may sue the former attorney general for breaching his constitutional rights. Al-Kidd claimed during the case that his brief imprisonment caused him to lose a scholarship and crippled his chances of finding employment, according to The Associated Press.
"Al-Kidd was not arrested and detained because he had allegedly committed a crime," wrote Judge Milan B. Smith. "He alleges that he was arrested and confined because former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft (Ashcroft), subordinates operating under policies promulgated by Ashcroft, and others within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), unlawfully used the federal material witness statute ... to investigate or preemptively detain him."
I wonder if this will stand. If it does, Ashcroft should demand a jury trial in Lower Manhattan.
The 9th Jerkit Court of Appeals is at it again.
By the wacko “9th Circuit”. How come their chambers never get caught in those Califorina bush fires?
By the wacko “9th Circuit”. How come their chambers never get caught in those Califorina bush fires?
9th ?
They should be forced to buy carbon credits they produce so much methane gas from the BS they spew.
Maybe they just really, really like having their verdicts overturned.
That says it all!
It is not known as the 9th Circus for nothing.
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"Ben Franklin will be in D.C., speaking and dressed this way."
Where’s Mark Levin?? Hey Mark, they’ve started, let’s get this done!
?? Bloggers put stuff up all the time here. Are you sure?
Well, if this guy was completely innocent of any wrongdoing and they locked him up on as mat-wit he may have a case.
Things were pretty insane after 911 and I would not be surprised if mistakes were made. If the government messed up they should make proper restitution and call it a day.
None of the money will come out of the former AGs pocket.
If this happened to me I know I would be pissed.
Maybe I’m going on out of date information. At one point, at least, Pipes was banned from FR as a “bigot.” I think I tried to post something from Pipes once and was greeted by such an auto-refusal. Of course one man’s bigot might be another man’s commonsense freedom fighter.
He may be attempting to bid up the settlement by pushing for a trial. Why, Obama himself might personally slip him some hush money.
...Abdullah Al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen detained as a material witness for two weeks, may sue the former attorney general for breaching his constitutional rights. Al-Kidd claimed during the case that his brief imprisonment caused him to lose a scholarship and crippled his chances of finding employment......so would the gallows. Or a bullet in a sensitive area. Y'know, apropos of nothing. Hey, at least he wasn't forced to wear panties on his head.
Oh my. Wouldn't it be a shame if someone mentioned FDR...
We need background on this supposed Judge. Obviously New York is a breeding ground for the Hate America first judicial crowd. Sotomayer et al.
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