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Bang Bang, Your Suit's Dead - Two courtrooms wins for the Second Amendment
Wall Street Journal ^ | January 29, 2003 | Collin Levey

Posted on 01/29/2003 5:28:21 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

This week, two unlikely judges shared a small moment of justice on behalf of the Second Amendment.

In Florida, Judge Jorge Labarga, of butterfly ballot fame, threw out a $1.2 million award against the distributor of a handgun used by a kid to shoot his teacher. In the Ninth Circuit, Carter appointee Stephen Reinhardt returned to an earlier antigun opinion and deleted references to the work of Michael Bellesiles, the historian whose Bancroft Prize was revoked because of serious questions about the honesty of his scholarship.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
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To: B.O. Plenty
"Some folks belonging to the "religion of peace" have targeted us infidels for extinction, for crying out loud....and by all accounts they are right here among us."

Muslim Youth to Launch Martyrdom Operations Against the U.S.

Hey You, Infidel!

A young Muslim man, who refused to give his name, shows his feelings toward the media outside the Federal Court House in Buffalo, New York September 18, 2002 where he sat to show his support for the six local suspected al-Qaida supporters who appeared inside the court, September 18, 2002. The six men have been charged with providing material support to al Queda from nearby Lackwanna, New York.

Twenty-Year Plan for USA: Islam Targets America

"God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims....God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims."" - Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan.

The "Religion of Peace"

41 posted on 01/29/2003 11:24:46 AM PST by Happy2BMe (It's All About You - It's All About Me - It's All About Being Free!)
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To: FreeTally
i believe it is within the judges power now to award legal costs to be paid by a frivolous suit plaintiff or to rule that a defendant cannot counter sue for damages... or court costs...

either case, shakespeare had the best advice...

43 posted on 02/03/2003 8:34:08 AM PST by teeman8r
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