Illegal To Hurt Your Feelings?

[coadie]

Actually Phelps is a strong Democrat. he knows the line. He was awarded

OMAHA, Neb. | A judge’s final ruling overturning Nebraska’s flag-desecration law includes an order for the state to pay $8,000 in attorney’s fees to the Kansas church member who filed the lawsuit.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/03...#ixzz117hvWpJs


Albert Snyder, the father of a Marine who was killed in March 2006 in Iraq, learned late last week that he had been ordered to pay legal costs for Westboro Baptist Church in connection with a lawsuit he brought against the congregation after some of its members picketed his son's funeral in March 2006 in Westminster, Md.

Late Friday, Snyder learned he would be liable to pay the legal costs of the appeal by the Westboro church and the Phelpses in the amount of $16,500, said his attorney, Sean E. Summers, of York, Pa., in a phone interview late Monday night.

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Phelps sues and/or is sued by all kinds of people. He was an attorney for awhile. He was disbarred years ago, but with the understanding that his kids could still practice law. He sued a KS university for discriminating against his kids who were applying for law school, too. Phelps may or may not be a Democrat, but his party preference won't help him in KS. KS is a strongly Republican state. He is very familiar with the law, and he wins many of his cases. I'm not familiar with the NE flag desecration ruling. However, Mr Snyder won his case against Phelps on the first round. The case was appealed, and Mr Snyder lost on appeal. It has been accepted to be heard in the SC, but has not yet been heard. The second part of the article you cite is not part of the linked article. There is no date on the part of the second article, but it may be from March?

Interesting, isn't it, that what Phelps is awarded is attorneys fees, which are paid to his attorney children. At least some of the fees are cycled back to Westboro via tithes and offerings and the fees are used to pay for more protests.

Originally Posted by coadie

Actually Phelps is a strong Democrat. he knows the line. He was awarded

OMAHA, Neb. | A judge’s final ruling overturning Nebraska’s flag-desecration law includes an order for the state to pay $8,000 in attorney’s fees to the Kansas church member who filed the lawsuit.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/03...#ixzz117hvWpJs


Albert Snyder, the father of a Marine who was killed in March 2006 in Iraq, learned late last week that he had been ordered to pay legal costs for Westboro Baptist Church in connection with a lawsuit he brought against the congregation after some of its members picketed his son's funeral in March 2006 in Westminster, Md.

Late Friday, Snyder learned he would be liable to pay the legal costs of the appeal by the Westboro church and the Phelpses in the amount of $16,500, said his attorney, Sean E. Summers, of York, Pa., in a phone interview late Monday night.