If Paula Jones can file a civil suit against a sitting prez, why not us?

[Bossy Monkey]

Admittedly, I don't think there are civil penalties for treason, war crimes or mis- mal- and nonfeasance, but what the hell? C'mon! It'll be fun!

[maha]

1. I like it! I want in on this!

If the politicians won't do it, dammit, we gotta do it ourselves!

[RichM]

2. Because we're not funded by deep pockets like Scaife.

[elfwitch]

4. Still...

It is an interesting solution for an impossible problem.
Big points for creativity.

[caledesi]

8. Maybe Jorge Soros would like to finance this. I am in.

[tom_paine]

17. And don't forget the network of corrupt Federalist judges

Could Paula Jones have gone on without that faction of the Busheviks?

I think not.

Even if we had Clooney/Robbins/Sarandon's deep pockets funding us a la the RICO-violating Busheviks, the same Federalist-Bushevik cronies would shut it down even if their "rulings": contravened every single one of the decisions they rendered during the Attempted Coup of 1998.

They would rely (and in fact were prime contributors to) on the fact that the Imperial Family is above the law.

They would rely on the clouds and clouds of ink squirted 24/7 on command from the Party-Loyal Right-Wing Sub-Media to obfuscate the issues until most people threw their hands up in disgust and confustion.

Oh, and let's not forget the "rhetorical restrictions" that you so often catalogue and bring up on what laughingly passes for a National Dialogue here in Imperial Amerika. This would preclude any charges of hypocrisy, which, in a Free Country (thank God Bushevikian Ashcroftism has yet to "trickle down" to our daily lives...for however much longer THAT lasts) would be immediately aired.

[ET Awful]

3. Hmmmm . . . Maybe we could file a class action suit

Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress maybe?

[sangh0]

5. Because those are crimes

not civil matters.

File a claim that says "Bush* screwed me". That might work

[Bossy Monkey]

10. Well, the serious suggestion that started this was for

Joseph Wilson and his wife to bring suit against Karl Rove for endangering her life by blowing her cover as a CIA employee (which also constitutes treason). Since the Misadministration is hardly likely to investigate or indict itself, civil action would be their only recourse. Don't you think?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. When I heard what some reactions to the Florida Fiasco 2000 are:

such as: "Why should I bother to vote? It's obvious my vote doesn't count" Yeah, I'd like to file a lawsuit.

It seems to me it can be argued that the negligence of Jeb Bush, Kathy Harris et al. have inflicted IRREPARABLE HARM to the confidence that average citizens have in democracy.
So I say we file a civil suit against the board of elections of the state of Florida for inflicting great and lasting damage to this nation due to their capricious attitude towards our most basic right.

[Cat Atomic]

7. Bush stole my cocaine!

.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Still Have A Button From The 00 Campaign...

It has * with a cocaine mustache instead of a milk one... The tagline is "Got Blow"...

I got that button when Gore was campaigning in Orlando and had an appearance at the Lake Eoala bandshell....

Those were the good old days...

[maggrwaggr]

11. I think my first post at DU was in regards to this

Why can't we sue these fuckers some how, some way?

For fraud at the very least. For spending my money to murder people for another. For betraying the American people.

There's gotta be some sort of class action lawsuit we can bring against them.

Shit if a tree branch falls on my car on a public street I can sue the city, why can't I sue the fucking Bush administration for murdering people with MY tax dollars?

[mistertrickster]

12. Damn right! I suggested this about 18 months ago in fact.

Once the Supreme Court made their asnine decision to get Clinton, they should be made to pay the price of opening a sitting president to nuisance lawsuits.

I can think of a half a dozen grounds for one--

1. aiding and abetting voter fraud in Florida. Lists of names were sent from the Texas statehouse.

2. malfesance against Harken stockholders when Bush sold short on insider information.

3. not cooperating with 9-11 investigations.

4. not revealing sources for Cheney's energy policy.

5. pulling strings to get daughters lenient treatment for underage drinking convictions.

6. unjustified executions of defendants who received sub-standard defense.

7. wrongful death for military personnel who were sent to war on false pretenses.

And that's just for starters . . .

[uptohere]

13. you can't sue the president for being the president

thats what impeachment is intended for.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

14. But he's not REALLY the president

at least not by normal means. :hi:

[Ilsa]

16. Gee, do you think he might try to use that as his defense? n/t

[uptohere]

18. I'm not sure the courts see it that way

you know how that goes

[Clete]

15. Couldn't we sue him to pay for this war,

which it seems more and more to have been for his and his cronies personal agenda? They have admitted there is no connection between Al Queda and Iraq or Saddam. But, we at DU knew that didn't we. Also, there were no WMDs, which we at DU also knew. I think there would be a good case. Why should the ordinary American have to bail these idiots out?

[uptohere]

19. better off threatening your representatives on the hill

they fear you and I far more than any president does. He is Commander in Chief after all (Rummy, send an F-15 squadren over to have a confab with Clete. Ashcroft can tell you where that is...). All congress can do is send a few Capital police your way.

[spanone]

20. sign me in

[calimary]

21. How about a wrongful death suit for every soldier who was killed?

These schmucks should face hell for EVERY drop of blood THEY CAUSED to be spilled.

[screembloodymurder]

22. Great idea!

Let's do it.