It's too bad that Rule 11 (concerning signing of pleadings and sanctions on attorneys) doesn't get enforced against people who file political lawsuits that are merely efforts to gain publicity through litigation. The Arab-American Anti-Defamation Committee, represented by someone purporting to be a real lawyer, is suing the U.S. government, claiming that Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice failed to meet their constitutional obligations to protect U.S. citizens in Lebanon during war.
"It's sad that we're Americans and got treated like this," said Maha Nasser, 28, of Dearborn Heights who is part of the suit and was vacationing in Lebanon when the attacks started.I hope you read that last sentence, because it's obvious beyond question that a court has no power to order the President to request a cease-fire and stop military support for another country. This case will be dismissed in an instant, but the lawyer will walk away with the client's desired publicity and without any sanction.
Dearborn attorney Nabih Ayad and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee will file the suit today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Ayad and committee members said.
The lawsuit alleges that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice failed to meet their constitutional obligations to protect U.S. citizens during war, Ayad said. The suit will also ask the court to issue an order compelling the U.S. government to request a cease-fire and stop all military support to Israel until all U.S. citizens are out of Lebanon.
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