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Score One For
Citizens' Rights
by Mike Minton
FINALLY--a judge who doesn't legislate from the bench. We actually have a judge
on the bench who merely upholds the law and doesn't try to rewrite it in the
courtroom! This is certainly a rare occurrence in this day and age.
I am sure that Howard Dean, John Kerry, Al Franken, and other far-left-wingers
are crying in their organic coffee this morning, as Newsmax.com is reporting a
win for the good guys.
In a bitter blow to the witch hunters who have been hounding famed conservative
talk show host Rush Limbaugh over allegations of "doctor shopping," Florida
Judge David F. Crow ruled that prosecutors could not ask Mr. Limbaugh's
physicians about his medical treatment, as that would be a breach of
doctor-patient confidentiality rules.
Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, said the following about the judge's ruling,
"Judge Crow's ruling upholds our argument that the State cannot breach
doctor-patient confidentiality just because it has obtained some medical
records, and thus the state cannot ask the doctors its questions posed to the
court during the hearing.
"Judge Crow's decision prohibits the State from questioning Mr. Limbaugh's
physicians about 'the medical condition of the patient and any information
disclosed to the healthcare practitioner by the patient in the course of the
care and treatment of the patient.'
"We are pleased with the court's ruling upholding the patient's statutory right
of doctor-patient confidentiality. We've said from the start that there was no
doctor shopping but Mr. Limbaugh should not have to give up his right to
doctor-patient confidentiality to prove his innocence.
"The medical records that the State has seized and reviewed now for nearly six
months show that Mr. Limbaugh received legitimate medical treatment for
legitimate medical reasons. Mr. Limbaugh has not been charged with a crime and
he should not be charged."
I personally am so sick and tired of the politically motivated, Salem, Mass.
style hunt of Mr. Limbaugh that I could scream. Rush has been a major target of
liberals for a long time, and once they smell blood, they are relentless in
their pursuit. Hopefully, this issue will be put to rest once and for all, and
we can move on to the next attack--and believe you me, they are already hatching
plans for it!!
However, this attempt to breach the doctor-patient confidentiality laws brings
to mind a question: Where was the all-powerful, never wrong ACLU during this
OBVIOUS attempt by prosecutors to deny Mr. Limbaugh HIS civil rights? Again,
they are showing their true colors.
This is another example of the true agenda of the ACLU. I mean, we have illegal
aliens who come across our southern border and are detained by private citizens
until the Border Patrol (of whom I am a great admirer) arrives, and the ACLU
argues that these criminals' civil rights have been violated--and they have only
been on U.S. soil for a matter of MINUTES!!! Hey, Nadine Strossen, (ACLU
president), how about protecting the civil rights of American citizens??
Here is the mission statement taken from the national ACLU?s website: "The ACLU
is our nation's guardian of liberty. We work daily in courts, legislatures and
communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties
guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the
United States. Our job is to conserve America's original civic values: the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights." What a load!!!
It should read, "The ACLU is our nation's guardian of LIBERALS. We LIE daily in
courts, legislatures and communities to preserve the individual rights and
liberties WHICH WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED to every SOCIALIST in this
country by the Constitution, WHICH WE HAVE RE-WRITTEN, and the laws of the
United States AS WE BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE. Our job is to conserve STALIN'S
ORIGINAL VALUES: OUR VERSION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF NO RIGHTS FOR
ANYONE WHO THINKS THE WAY WE DO!" That's more like the reality of the ACLU.
As always, I encourage my readers to visit http://stoptheaclu.com. Give it a
good reading, and then help us out. I say "us" because I am the State
coordinator for the organization in Kentucky. Also, for my Kentucky readers,
please consider being a County Coordinator-I need all the help I can get. Of
course, wherever you are from, our group needs help all over the country to
fight the evils of the ACLU.
Anyway, my heart is filled with gratitude, and a bit of faith in our judiciary
has been restored with Judge David F. Crow's decision to follow the rule of law
in Mr. Limbaugh's case. God Bless America!!!!!!
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