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by Hunter
This. Is. Awesome. That lawsuit Sen. Rand Paul filed against the NSA? The person who wrote it says that Rand Paul and Ken Cuccinelli plagiarized it, and he's ticked.
Since December, the libertarian lawmaker, a tea party favorite, had been working with former Reagan administration lawyer Bruce Fein to draft a class-action suit seeking to have the National Security Agencys surveillance of telephone data declared unconstitutional; the two men appeared together as early as last June to denounce the NSAs activities.
But when Paul filed his suit at the U.S. District Court in Washington on Wednesday morning, Feins name had been replaced with that of Ken Cuccinelli, the failed Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia who until last month had been the states attorney general. <...>
Fein, who has not been paid for his legal work by Pauls political action committee, was furious that he had been omitted from the filing he wrote.
Veeery ticked:
Ken Cuccinelli stole the suit, (spokeswoman Mattie Fein) said, adding that Paul, who already has one plagiarism issue, now has a lawyer who just takes another lawyers work product.
Though a few changes were made, there's no question that the document was Fein's. The rest of the suit seems to have turned from theoretically bipartisan effort to Full Wingnut Version as well, dropping Democratic Sen. Mark Udall as co-plaintiff, adding astroturf group FreedomWorks to the plaintiff list and naming Obama himself as a new defendant. Yup, it's been Cuccinellified.
That's libertarianism for you. If you see something you like, swipe it and take the credit. The good news is that this looks to be the beginning of a bee-utiful enemyship:
When Mattie Fein responded in an e-mail to Cuccinelli calling him dumb as a box of rocks, Cuccinelli wrote another e-mail to Bruce Fein saying, I think this relationship is untenable.
Oh my. Pardon us while we just pull up a chair ... all right, perfect. Proceed!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/12/1277165/-Lawyer-accuses-Rand-Paul-of-plagerizing-lawsuit-against-NSA-No-really
Cha
(296,732 posts)But, we already have people around here lauding aynrand!
"Ken Cuccinelli stole the suit, (spokeswoman Mattie Fein) said, adding that Paul, who already has one plagiarism issue, now has a lawyer who just takes another lawyers work product.
malaise
(268,639 posts)Delish!
FSogol
(45,431 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)They should've known something was up
Berlum
(7,044 posts)It's clearly not one of their so-called "values"
sheshe2
(83,626 posts)Rand Paul is like the ever ready bunny, with plagiarism to spare.
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)Maybe now some good liberal lawmaker will take up the fight against the NSA.
calimary
(81,085 posts)Good to have you with us. Anything rand paul gets behind is immediately suspect, as far as I'm concerned. And it's his pattern to plagiarize. Maybe he thought the last stink that was raised about him doing so was long enough ago that everybody forgot, and he could just go back to his old tricks, or partner up with another like-minded asshole.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)being referred to
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014725830#post7
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)TheMathieu
(456 posts)Finally an NSA story worth reading.
lol
struggle4progress
(118,211 posts)So Fein, part of the Snowden Cheerleading Team, is now all grumpy about document theft. Meh
eggplant
(3,907 posts)You don't like him, so the fact that he was ripped off is somehow ok? You equate one person stealing another person's work product AND CLAIMING IT AS THEIR OWN with what Snowden did?
That's just out and out stupid.
struggle4progress
(118,211 posts)they left here before you arrived. That's my story, and I'm stickin with it
marble falls
(56,974 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....that they just ASSUME everything out there is fair game.
Rand Paul just opened himself up to having EVERY BILL he has introduced scrutinized.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)so he doesn't look like the dumbass he really is.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 12, 2014, 11:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Of course, the client is the boss once he has hired a lawyer. I don't know what the relationship between Bruce Fein and Paul was.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)and lazy.
SDjack
(1,448 posts)stg81
(351 posts)CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)I live in Kentucky and I would be so, so happy if this bastard goes down for this!!
Please....
ProSense
(116,464 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)No need to reinvent the wheel.
treestar
(82,383 posts)It is publicly filed. And there are form pleadings. Whatever the causes of action are, they have to state the elements, which are going to be alike no matter who files.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)1) It's the pattern
2) It's the type of shit one would expect from the teabaggers Rand supports.
All in all, it's hilarious and well-deserved.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Tends to be a lot of legal boilerplate in them anyway.
However if it takes that weasel down, I can overlook it, this IS politics after all, we ARE in the gutter. Would Breitbart hesitate?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Fein, who has not been paid in full for his legal work by Pauls political action committee, was furious that he had been omitted from the filing he wrote. I am aghast and shocked by Ken Cuccinellis behavior and his absolute knowledge that this entire complaint was the work product, intellectual property and legal genius of Bruce Fein, Mattie Fein, his ex-wife and spokeswoman, told me Wednesday. Ken Cuccinelli stole the suit, she said, adding that Paul, who already has one plagiarism issue, now has a lawyer who just takes another lawyers work product.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-rand-paul-and-ken-cuccinelli-accused-of-stealing-nsa-lawsuit/2014/02/12/058675aa-942b-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html
bemildred
(90,061 posts)We will need plenty of popcorn.
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)gwheezie
(3,580 posts)I don't know if it's complete, but I'm guessing this one from Paul is part of his bid for the 16 nomination, he seems to be putting himself in the news more than he legislates
http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/surveillance-suits
gerogie2
(450 posts)but horrible lawmakers that don't understand the law or economics. They also appeal to the lunatic fringe of American politics. Ron Paul is worse then his son. He often showed up on Alex Jones conspiracy theory daily rant fest radio show.
I do hope that Rand Paul wins the GOP nomination for prez in 2016, so he can be easily beat in the election.