Ravenwood - 11/10/05 06:45 AM
Even after examining his medical records, prosecutors still can't determine if Rush Limbaugh committed a crime. Now they want to do more fishing by compelling his doctors to break their confidentiality agreement to gather evidence against him.
Assistant State Attorney James Martz said he needs to put basic questions to Limbaugh's doctors to investigate if there was a crime.If only we had a Constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures."I have no idea if Mr. Limbaugh has completed the elements of any offense yet . . . unless we can ask several pertinent questions," Martz told Circuit Judge David Crow.
Category: Fall of Western Civilization
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What is unreasonable about examining Rush's medical records? Presumably they have enough indication that a crime might have been committed to get a warrant.
Or do you believe looking at medical records should only be permitted after a suspect is charged?
Posted by: Brutal Hugger at November 10, 2005 1:04 PMBH,
They don't have any reasonable suspicion that any crime was committed. Even AFTER looking at his records, they haven't charged him with anything. Now they want to compel his doctors to break their confidentiality oaths in the hopes that they can find enough evidence to charge him with something... anything.
That's called fishing, and it happens all too often. Rush has a right to remain silent and a protection against self-incrimination. That should extend to spouses, doctors, lawyers, etc.
Posted by: Ravenwood at November 10, 2005 2:27 PMAnd the fact that people don't understand this simple protection from government excess REALLY PISSES ME OFF!
Posted by: Kevin Baker at November 10, 2005 8:54 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
