Clinton Appointed Judge Sides With CAIR Against Michael Savage
Posted on March 12, 2008
CAIR can’t stand criticism of Islam or free speech. They launched an attack on radio talkshow host Michael Savage pressuring advertisers to stop advertising on his show. Savage was unwilling to play dhimmi with them, so he took them to court. (background here.)
Surprise! Now a lefty judge has sided with CAIR!
A Clinton-appointed judge in California is siding with the Council on Islamic-American Relations in a lawsuit by radio talk-show host Michael Savage.
Judge Susan Illston has issued a terse one-page ruling in the case in which she granted a defense motion for judgment on the pleadings with “leave to amend.” Although it was released only today, it was dated Friday, apparently finalized shortly after she held a hearing on the issues at hand.
Savage promised he would immediately take the case to the next level, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which he described as “an even more liberal court – if you can believe it – the most frequently overturned court in the United States of America.”
“What I may try to do is have the case removed from California, because I cannot get a fair trial,” Savage said on tonight’s program. “I may remove it to Alabama, for example, where maybe I could get a fair trial – maybe where there’s still America. It certainly doesn’t exist here in California.”
The San Francisco-based talker originally accused the Islamic organization of copyright violations but later amended the action to include allegations the group “has consistently sought to silence opponents of violent terror through economic blackmail, frivolous but costly lawsuits, threats of lawsuits and abuses of the legal system.”
The action in U.S. District Court in Northern California also accused CAIR of using extortion, threats, abuse of the court system and obtaining money via interstate commerce under false and fraudulent circumstances – calling it a “political vehicle of international terrorism” and even linking the group with support of al-Qaida.
The federal government, in fact, recently named CAIR, based in Washington, D.C., as an unindicted co-conspirator in an alleged scheme to funnel $12 million to the terrorist group Hamas.
The lawsuit was the subject of court hearing on Friday, and according to a report from the Associated Press, Illston said she was “leaning toward tossing out” the action.
She did say she was considering allowing Savage’s lawyer to submit a revised complaint to keep the case alive, the report said.
Savage’s attorney Daniel Horowitz said the copyright claim was valid because CAIR used Savage’s material “for purely commercial purposes,” but the judge said she found free speech arguments persuasive.
I hope he appeals it as long as it takes to put a dent in this dangerous organization.
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why is it “free speech” only applies to some? if savage was the defendent, having used CAIR material to raise money to be used against them, do you really think “free speech” would have entered into consideration in the decision? what happened to “equal treatment under the law”?
Clinton apppointed leftists into the court
Cannon–I think you have it BACKWARDS.
CAIR cut and pasted parts of Savage’s show, without permission, and used it on their website to allegedly illustrate his “hatred” of muslims. This is flat not true.
THIS IS A FREE SPEECH ISSUE–when someone can take your copyrighted material and make it sound as if you said or did something you didn’t.
As for your “equal treatment under the law” argument? Sorry–CAIR has been given too many free passes and it is nothing more than a front group for terrorists.
I’m behind Savage all the way, have even offered my services to his defense fund at no cost. If they shut down Savage, they shut us all down and that’s their goal.