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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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.
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