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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (75435)	4/14/2006 12:18:01 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

>>The nation realizes that and hence the call for impeachment Really? When are the impeachment proceedings starting?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (75435)	4/14/2006 8:29:57 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Court upholds lawmaker who called CAIR terrorist U.S. Muslim group brought $2 million defamation suit against congressman Posted: April 13, 2006 A federal appeals court yesterday upheld the dismissal of a $2 million defamation lawsuit by the Council on American-Islamic Relations against former U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger. As WorldNetDaily reported, the suit was filed in response to an October 2003 interview with the Charlotte Observer in which the Republican from North Carolina, who retired in 2004 after nine terms, claimed CAIR raised funds for terrorists and did so "with actual malice, wrongful and willful intent to injure and with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity." A three-judge appeals court panel in Washington upheld a federal district court's March 2005 decision. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon had determined Ballenger's comments were in his capacity as a federal employee, and, therefore, the case should be taken up against the federal government. The doctrine of sovereign immunity, however, bars most lawsuits against the federal government. A CAIR spokesman at the time the lawsuit was filed said the group wanted to send "a clear message to all those who make malicious and defamatory statements against American Muslims or their institutions that they will be held accountable in a court of law." In its lawsuit, CAIR said Ballenger's "defamatory statements" harmed the group's reputation and were "not protected speech because he did not make them within the scope of his role as a member of the House of Representatives." worldnetdaily.com