Groups file lawsuit against WH for 'fishy' emails they are collecting..

[joeycola]

I was surprised to see this. I see nothing wrong in forwarding the emails


http://www.aapsonline.org/aaps-eop-complaint.pdf



According to the AAPS/CURE Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief filed by their lawyers, the organizations seek the following relief:

(a) Declare that the First Amendment and the Privacy Act prohibit and preempt the Defendants’ efforts to collect and maintain information on protected speech;
(b) Enjoin the Defendants’ continued collection of such information via the [email protected] email address and the linked “reality check” internet reporting form (collectively, hereinafter “[email protected]”); (c) Order the Defendants to expunge all prohibited information obtained via [email protected] from their records; and
(d) Order the Defendants to remove the solicitation for citizens to report on others’ “fishy speech” from whitehouse.gov and enjoin their soliciting or collecting information (including email addresses) on third parties’ political speech.



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http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/08/27/obama-administration-sued-over-healthcare-enemies-list.html

Edit to add. I found this news article also just now:


Obama Administration Sued Over Healthcare Enemies List
August 27, 2009 10:49 AM ET | Peter Roff | Permanent Link | Print

By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

A doctors' group and an organization that advocates for the interest of the inner-city poor have joined forced to sue the Obama administration, charging that its abortive effort to collect criticisms made by those opposed to President Obama's plan to change the U.S. health care system infringed on their First Amendment rights.

In a complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education said the White House had attempted to "unlawfully" collect information on protected political speech when it asked Obamacare supporters to report any negative comments about the proposal to a U.S. government
email address, [email protected].
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[jaxx]

1. Just wrap it in a newspaper and send it back.

[Joanne98]

2. This is another example of how conservatives reward people who try to talk to them.

[WeDidIt]

3. That case ain't goin' nowhere

other than a judge's rubbish bin.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. The emails that are being sent there are forwarded emails.

When you forward an email to someone, you never know who gets it and who they send it on to.

[sandnsea]

5. As long as IT is tracing these emails

I've got no problem with it. I do hope they had enough sense not to get any FBI or CIA type tracing on it.

It would be nice to know where these emails are starting and put an end to them though. I am so sick of it.

[ProSense]

6. You found that? Did you also see this:

PHYSICIANS STAND TOGETHER Against - Government Takeover of Healthcare - Let your voices be heard before it is too late.

Lou Dobbs Tonight CNN Kathryn Serkes faces off with the AARP

August 1 - Two, Tea Party Patriots Health Care Freedom Town Halls on the Web

You accidently found that on what looks like a RW site and posted it here?

[joeycola]

13. I was surprized to see that the lawsuit had been filed. Nothing more

was intended than to let others now. I also added an Edit to the OP.

[ProSense]

15. "surprized"? Sure. n/t

[jenmito]

7. It'll go the way of the birther lawsuits. n/t

[Cha]

8. Big Fuckin'

Deal.

[ProSense]

9. OP adds article to appear legit. The first link is to a wingnut website. n/t

[Cha]

10. I caught that..

it's a live one.

[jenmito]

12. ...

for now. ;)

[jenmito]

11. And?

[joeycola]

14. just surprized there was a lawsuit out there about this issue.

[jenmito]

16. Why? There's a lawsuit about Obama being a citizen, too. Do you agree with either one?

[joeycola]

21. of course not.

.........Why? There's a lawsuit about Obama being a citizen, too. Do you agree with either one?
Posted by jenmito

[ProSense]

17. For someone mouthing off like you're well-informed, why would BS on a RW site surprise you? n/t

[Arkana]

23. For people who bitch so much about "FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS",

they seem pretty litigation-happy.

[joeycola]

24. spot on.

[unpossibles]

18. but I thought the right was against frivolous lawsuits

I guess not.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. CURE is a Rightwing nutjob organization.

From Wiki:

"The Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education or CURE is a right-wing organization founded by Star Parker in 1995 to "jump start national dialogue on issues of race and poverty," according to their web site. It focuses on personal freedom and personal responsibility as solutions to poverty, rather than welfare dependence. It is a social policy think tank that looks at issues of race and poverty and tries to come up with alternative answers to the "welfare state" that are faith based and market based.

They work with inner city pastors and legislators to "dismantle all the social engineering of the sixties so people can live free," according to CURE's founder, Star Parker."

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. And so is AAPS

"AAPS is generally recognized as politically conservative,<4><5><6> though it describes itself as "non-partisan".<7> The organization opposes mandatory vaccination,<8> universal health care<9> and government intervention in healthcare.<10> The AAPS has characterized the effects of the Social Security Act of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid, as "evil" and "immoral",<11> and encouraged member physicians to refuse to accept or participate in Medicare and Medicaid.<12><13> AAPS argues that individuals have a right to purchase medical care, that there is no right to medical care, and that a government-mandated entitlement to medical care is unconstitutional and immoral; hence they oppose efforts to implement a national health plan.<14> The organization also opposes mandated evidence-based medicine and practice guidelines, criticizing them as a usurpation of physician autonomy and a fascist merger of state and corporate power where the biggest stakeholder is the pharmaceutical industry.<15> Other procedures that AAPS opposes include abortion<16> and over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.<17>"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons

[joeycola]

25. I did not know that. Thanks for the information.

[Arkana]

22. The White House should just tell them to dig the sand out of their asscracks.