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The DHS Report – An Incisive And Thought Provoking Deconstruction Of The Controversey.

“Thomas More, Thomas More,
Suing for your rights.
Soon every extremist in the land
Will be joining with his band
He sues the DHS
For issuing a repor(t)
Mr More, Mr More, Mr More….”

Sorry. Couldn’t help myself. The Thomas More Institute, on the behalf of Michael Savage and others, is suing the Feds over the “Right-Wing extremists” report. Just so you the Thomas More Institute is:

a not-for-profit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense and promotion of the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. Our purpose is to be the sword and shield for people of faith, providing legal representation without charge to defend and protect Christians and their religious beliefs in the public square. We achieve this goal principally through litigation, seeking out significant cases, consistent with our mission, where our expertise can be of service to others.

Like Mr. Savages stupdi and frivolous action against CAIR last year, this lawsuit is nothing More than a publicity stunt and hardly qualifies as a significant case. Does anyone else find it a little sad that Michael Savage, and so many of the “Conservative” radio talk show hosts are exceedingly eager to portray themselves as the “victim” or, better yet, as the extremists vaguely identified in the report, in order to get sympathy and higher ratings? Yes, it’s a stupid and insulting report, but does anyone really think this will lead to any policy implementations? I mean, come on! The DHS has barely implemented a third of the recommendations from the much more important and factual 9/11 report, and that’s been five years!

Anyway, the guys at Volokh have some thoughts.

UPDATE – Upon Further Review: I just looked into some of the cases brought by the TMLC. Their record is impressive… if you’re counting losses. Most notable are the disastrous intelligent design case of Kitzmiller vs Dover where judge John Jonesexcoriated the defense team as follows:

Defendants? previously referenced flagrant and insulting falsehoods to the Court provide sufficient and compelling evidence for us to deduce that any allegedly secular purposes that have been offered in support of the ID Policy are equally insincere.

Apparently, lying to the court is not a sin for the Christian folks at the TMCL. He later noted in the decision “Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge,” he wrote. “If so they have erred as this is manifestly not an activist court.” And that they did.

Topping that case, the TMCL had their hands all over the Terri Schiavo fiasco, which proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Conservatives are more interested in interfering with the lives of Americans and imposing their morals on the citizenry than they are with balancing the budget. They will need to do a lot more than throw a few Tea Parties to prove that fiscal responsibility is THE top priority. Been fooled by that bait-and-switch once before, and won’t be fooled again.

To summarize my opinion of TMCL, I’ll quote Christopher Hitchens, who once noted “By all means, stupid people should be represented, but not by stupid people.”