Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gets it right???

Yes, it did! The three judge panel refused to reinstate a lawsuit against Caterpillar which had been filed by the parents of Israel-hater Rachel Corrie: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003888806_webcorrie17m.html. It's not often that I will have anything nice to say about the most left wing, interventionist Appellate Court in the country, but at least it got this one right.

Lest you think that the case is now over, Corrie's parents still have the option of pursuing an "en banc" hearing, which would be a hearing by all of the Appellate justices in the ninth circuit, or they could petition for certification by the United States Supreme Court. While it is unlikely that the highest court in the land would consider this case, nothing is impossible. Further, given the political views of the Corrie family, it wouldn't be shocking at all to see them exhaust every last legal option in an effort to vindicate their daughter's support for the Palestinian Islamofascists.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I'm still stunned by that one. It has to be a pretty heinous lawsuit (that is, one with absolutely no basis in law and fact) for the 9th Circuit to reach the correct decision and dismiss it.