9th Circus makes woman pay legal fees of bank that falsely arrested her

The right-wing 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has seldom met a major corporation they didn't idolize.

Back in 2008, a woman - who happens to be a prosecutor in San Mateo County, California - went into a Bank of America branch in San Francisco to cash a check. The bank said it was a bad check - but it wasn't. They mistakenly thought the name on the check was that of a customer who had nothing to do with the woman.

The bank - which stupidly thought it was a bogus check - called the cops. Police arrested the woman, took her to the police station, shackled her, and cut her off from her diabetes medication.

She then sued the bank. But get this: U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg said the lawsuit was an attempt to stifle Bank of America's free speech - and ordered her to pay the bank's $50,000 legal bill.

I know it's April 1, but this is no April Fools' joke. Some right-wing judge not only thinks corporations have free speech rights, but that these rights were violated when somebody sued over a false arrest.

Now the 9th Circus has upheld this right-wing ruling.

Oh well. More judges for the impeachment block, I see.

(Source: http://www.kusi.com/story/21831347/court-prosecutor-to-pay-50k-for-filing-lawsuit)