Marine's father won't pay Phelps

After being ordered by a right-wing federal court to pay the legal fees for Fred Phelps's cult, the father of a Marine whose funeral was disrupted by the cult's protests now says he's not paying.

Good. I wouldn't pay either.

He says he's not paying "until I hear from the Supreme Court."

Even if Phelps's protests are protected under the First Amendment, Phelps doesn't deserve a penny from the plaintiff. I'd like to know what matchbook legal theory the court used to try to justify this windfall.