Ian Murphy being accused of Identity Theft by idiot law prof.

[Gothmog]

This is really stupid but the freepers and others are accusing Ian Murphy of identity theft based on this blog from an idiot law professor http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/02/phony-david-koch-call-wasnt-just-prank.html I do not think that any district attorney in the world would be stupid to use the logic of this idiot but the conservatives seem to think that Ian Murphy will be prosecuted.

Has anyone heard of this idiot law professor?

[HopeHoops]

1. How much are the Koch heads paying him to make a fool of himself?

They've obviously paid Walker a shitload to make a fool of HIMself.

[rfranklin]

2. boo fucking hoo!

They had no problem with recording conversations when it was Linda Tripp.

[EstimatedProphet]

3. I read as far as the title. Yeah, that's pretty stupid.

I wonder if he also thinks miscarriages are involuntary manslaughter.

[dorkulon]

4. If it were illegal, they wouldn't be currently trying to pass a law to make it illegal.

http://buffalobeast.com/?p=5162">Wisconsin Legislators respond to prank call by making it illegal

[Gothmog]

5. I just looked at the comment section of this blog

This prof. is weak on statutory construction

Yes, rusty, the billionaire, David Koch, needs your trailer rent money to sue Ian Murphy for an alleged statutory violation....wow, you understand the law less than you do politics. Silly, rusty, still eaten up with anger and resentment and no outlet save unemployed English professors and revanchist neo-Confederates.

As for the Professor's claim, apparently he needs a refresher course on statutory interpretation. Conjunctions and verbs are sort of a giveaway (unless he forgot?). To wit: "Whoever... intentionally uses, attempts to use, or possesses with intent to use any personal identifying information or personal identification document of an individual..."

The point of this sentence is clearly to make identity theft illegal, hence the use of "or", not just a phone call where you use someone else's name. Further, how was David Koch's reputation harmed in this phone call. Scott Walkers reputation as a tool of rich and powerful plutocrats was validated, but all Murphy showed about Koch was that Tea partiers will genuflect around anyone claiming his name.