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Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Janet Napolitano Over Homeland Security’s Rightwing Extremism Policy
Thomas More Law Center ^ | 4/16/2009 | Unk.

Posted on 04/16/2009 4:00:39 PM PDT by Signalman

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that it has filed a federal lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The lawsuit claims that her Department’s “Rightwing Extremism Policy,” as reflected in the recently publicized Intelligence Assessment, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” violates the civil liberties of combat veterans as well as American citizens by targeting them for disfavored treatment on account of the political beliefs. General - PDF Links Click here to read the Law Center’s complaint.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage, Gregg Cunningham (President of the pro-life organization Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc (CBR)), and Iraqi War Marine veteran Kevin Murray. The Law Center claims that Napolitano’s Department (DHS) has violated the First and Fifth Amendment Constitutional rights of these three plaintiffs by attempting to chill their free speech, expressive association, and equal protection rights. The lawsuit further claims that the Department of Homeland Security encourages law enforcement officers throughout the nation to target and report citizens to federal officials as suspicious rightwing extremists and potential terrorists because of their political beliefs.

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center stated, “The Obama Administration has declared war on American patriots and our Constitution. The Report even admits that the Department has no specific information on any plans of violence by so-called ‘rightwing extremists.’ Rather, what they do have is the expression of political opinions by certain individuals and organizations that oppose the Obama administration’s policies, and this expression is protected speech under the First Amendment.”

Thompson added, “Janet Napolitano is lying to the American people when she says the Report is not based on ideology or political beliefs. In fact, her report would have the admiration of any current or past dictator in the way it targets political opponents.”

The Report specifically mentions the following political beliefs that law enforcement should use to determine whether someone is a “rightwing extremist”:

* Opposes restrictions on firearms * Opposes lax immigration * Opposes the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship and the expansion of social programs * Opposes continuation of free trade agreements * Opposes same-sex marriage * Has paranoia of foreign regimes * Fear of Communist regimes * Opposes one world government * Bemoans the decline of U.S. stature in the world. * Upset with loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India * . . . and the list goes on

The Law Center is asking the court to declare that the DHS policy violates the First and Fifth Amendments, to permanently enjoin the Policy and its application to the plaintiffs’ speech and other activities, and to award the plaintiffs their reasonable attorney’s fees and costs for having to bring the lawsuit.

Click here to read the Department of Homeland Security’s Report.

The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. The Law Center accomplishes its mission through litigation, education, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization. You may reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website at www.thomasmore.org.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: banglist; bho44; bhotyranny; democrats; dhs; donttreadonme; homelandsecurity; military; napolitano; obama; rightwingextremism; thomasmore; thomasmorelawcenter; tyranny; veterans
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To: MeekOneGOP

Thanks for the ping!


61 posted on 04/16/2009 10:30:15 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: MtnClimber
East Germans had COURAGE. We can, too!


62 posted on 04/16/2009 10:32:27 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: Bobkk47

I don’t believe for one minute she did this on her own. I smell Emmanuelle, Obummersh*thead and Holder all over this stinkin’ mess.


63 posted on 04/16/2009 10:53:49 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: Bobkk47

For any legal eagles out there, is there any possibility that this can be turned into a class action suit?


64 posted on 04/16/2009 10:55:10 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: MeekOneGOP

...Amen!!!


65 posted on 04/16/2009 11:03:26 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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To: MeekOneGOP

GOOD!! Thanks for the ping!


66 posted on 04/16/2009 11:16:22 PM PDT by exhaustedmomma (All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. Samuel Adams)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Ping-a-ding-a-ding. You know Napolitan Ice Cream was our State’s Gov, doncha? She gives me the creeps.

Oh, Lord, now they’ll be coming to our home. Sheesh. What happened to the First Amendment?


67 posted on 04/16/2009 11:16:57 PM PDT by Slip18
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To: Bobkk47

Sue the witch for everything.


68 posted on 04/16/2009 11:56:12 PM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: RummyChick
“This report appears to have blurred the line between violent belief, which is constitutionally protected, and violent action, which is not,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote in a letter to Napolitano.”

When in the course of human events...

69 posted on 04/17/2009 12:06:24 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: Free Vulcan

Question: I wonder how many think the creation of the Dept. of “Homeland Security” was a good idea now???


70 posted on 04/17/2009 12:30:06 AM PDT by FBD (My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
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To: bamahead

71 posted on 04/17/2009 12:30:59 AM PDT by FBD (My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Obama’s Hero’s are Stalin, Chavez, Castro, Lenin, Quaddaffi, Saddam Hussein and Chaiman Mao. Napolitano wasn’t picked for Homeland Security for Her Expertise or Qualifications; she wa picked for her Ideology, Agenda, Compatibility and Blind Loyalty.


72 posted on 04/17/2009 1:25:29 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: Lancey Howard

A truly disgusting, sick, perverted Liberal Hack! but she is held on a pedestal by the Left. Thats Dr.* Julienne Malveaux and her quote you post is so gross and disgusting and to be said about one of the finest men to ever walk this earth shows the depth of hate and depravity that consumes the left.
* Her Title (Dr.) isn’t worth the cheap paper its printed on after she uttered that quote which proves she is uneducated by any and all humanistic standards.


73 posted on 04/17/2009 1:34:42 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Malveaux is a real “affirmative action” success story, no?


74 posted on 04/17/2009 1:46:30 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Free Vulcan
Better yet file RICO statute lawsuit against Napolitano and DHS and press for the disbandment of the unconstitutional agency. Each of previously independent agencies should be streamlined to remove the bloat created when DHS was created and their charters scrubbed to clearly define their scope and relationships to the other agencies. Information sharing should be limited to clearly defined terrorist activities that cannot be handled by a single agency.
75 posted on 04/17/2009 1:49:28 AM PDT by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: aruanan

>>>>>> The reason the king wanted to kill all the lawyers was because the lawyers stood for law and against the tyranny of the crown. The king who said “kill all the lawyers” was the bad guy of the story. <<<<<<

Wrong.

Shakespeare was not in the business of praising lawyers.

In Henry VI, Jack Cade’s imaginary utopia includes free food, free food, no money, and no lawyers.


76 posted on 04/17/2009 4:47:29 AM PDT by angkor
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To: FBD

That’s Great!!!


77 posted on 04/17/2009 7:43:04 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: angkor
I had the wrong guy wanting to kill all the lawyers, but the right reason for his wanting to do so.

As we review Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 2, we find at this juncture in the story Jack Cade’s rebellion was picking up steam. Dick, the butcher, was a member of this rebellion. As Dick utters the famous words “first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” he was referring to ways that the rebellion might be successful. They recognized that to succeed, they must get rid of those who knew and enforced a system of laws. They did not want any learned and informed opposition to the rebellion they had planned against the government.
78 posted on 04/17/2009 7:52:09 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: mojitojoe
I don’t believe for one minute she did this on her own. I smell Emmanuelle, Obummersh*thead and Holder all over this stinkin’ mess.

Nevertheless, racking up scapegoats will still look bad on the administration, and comes with the bonus that we'll find some more tax evasion with each replacement.

79 posted on 04/17/2009 7:55:20 AM PDT by Styria
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To: freema

Things are starting to really heat up. Perhaps a few brave L/MSM will consider giving almost balanced views/reports of how this administration has gotten out of hand in such a short period of time. (Of course all it’s members outside the few GWB left overs have been out of hand for years).


80 posted on 04/17/2009 11:31:51 AM PDT by Marine_Uncle (I still believe Duncan Hunter would have been the best solution... during this interim in time....)
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