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The Supreme Court
said Tuesday that a Muslim inmate cannot sue the government over the
disappearance of the prisoner's copies of the Koran and a prayer rug.
In a 5-4 ruling, the justices said the federal law the inmate relied on prohibits lawsuits against federal corrections officers.
Abdus-Shahid M.S. Ali says the missing books and rug reflect widespread
harassment against Muslim inmates in federal, state and local prisons
stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Reports from all over the country have come in" on Muslims' religious
property that "has been destroyed, confiscated, looted, lost, stolen or
taken without cause," Ali said in the lawsuit he filed in federal court.
Ali is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for committing first-degree murder in the District of Columbia.
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I won't say the obvious about what I think about Ali's "rights," but will instead point to this -
"... federal law the inmate relied on prohibits lawsuits against federal corrections officers."
- and ask Justices Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter and
John Paul Stevens how then do they explain their votes? If they
can't, it's prima facie evidence for impeaching them.
Fred should stick this in his speech, too.
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