TN: ACLU gets apology and in KY yr old dismissed chg gets lawsuit from DOJ??

 I meant to post on this yesterday but I got carried away with the story of the US Dept. of Justice filing a federal lawsuit nearly a year after a misdemeanor was dismissed against a man who was on a public sidewalk in front of an abortion mill in Louisville, KY charged with disorderly conduct.  Since the original charge was a misdemeanor and dismissed and the man has moved out of state, I could not understand why the DOJ was wasting time and tax money on this nearly a year after the event. The  reporter did not seem interested in digging to find those answers. KY RTL had no clue either and  we know pro life viewpoints are under scrutiny in this administration and many of us are probably on a watch list. Where is the ACLU outrage here?


Now to this.....Nashville City paper reports that Hedy growled and got the ACLU an apology for putting them on a watch list  for sending out letters to school superintendents warning of too much Christmas might be detrimental to their legal health. As one commenter pointed out,  the ACLU brought this on themselves.

Tea Party post from Judson Phillips today enlightens many on one of the reasons the ACLU loves to sue...it is almost a fund raising activity for them. He is talking about a decision out of San Fransisco that awarded two ..."attorneys who worked for the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation....designated a supporter of terrorism .......press reports state critical intelligence was obtained from monitoring this group."They received a nominal monetary award for being watched but the lawyers representing them received $2.5 MM in fees!

"Ignoring all other issues of this case, this award of fees is one of the dirty secrets of the liberal-political complex.  Under Federal Law, in certain cases, the plaintiff can be awarded attorney’s fees.   In many of these cases, a plaintiff will be awarded nominal damages and the attorneys will walk away with seven figures in attorney’s fees.

This is one of the reasons the ACLU is so gung ho to sue and one of the reasons many municipalities capitulate to the ACLU when the ACLU makes some demand on them.  Many smaller jurisdictions cannot afford to pay their own attorneys and then if they lose, they will get stuck with the ACLU’s attorneys fees as well."