Showing posts with label United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Law is an Ass

God forbid you have a loved one who gets killed in the line of duty, overseas.

After the emotional roller-coaster you and your family go through before the body of your loved can be returned to you, the day of the funeral arrives.

Picketing in Topeka, 2005

At the funeral you find a group of anti-gay protesters clamoring throughout the service.Personally I'd claim sever emotional distress and use some buck shot to scatter them.

Neptunus Lex shows us that reality isn't so easy:

The father of a Marine slain in Iraq has been ordered to pay the court costs of the odious Phelps clan:
Lawyers for the father of a Marine who died in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters say a court has ordered him to pay the protesters’ appeal costs.
On Friday, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered that Albert Snyder of York, Pa., pay costs associated with Fred Phelps’ appeal. Phelps is the leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, which conducted protests at the funeral of Snyder’s son, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, in Westminster in 2006.
Lawyers for Snyder say the Court of Appeals has ordered him to pay $16,510.80 to Phelps for costs relating to the appeal, despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the Court of Appeals’ decision.
I guess he hadn’t given enough.

kthanxbai!