Why Were Tax Exempt Dollars Used to Try to Halt the Palin Investigation?

[maddezmom]

Why Were Tax Exempt Dollars Used to Try to Halt the Palin Investigation?

Commentary By Lee Russ

Watching the Watchers

You don't have to be a lawyer to have an intuitive feel for what "charitable" means. And I'll bet that most people's intuition would say there's nothing "charitable" about trying to stop the Alaskan legislature's investigation into whether Sarah Palin abused her authority in what has become popularly known as "Troopergate" when she fired that state's top law enforcement official, Walt Monegan.


Yet charitable that seemingly partisan effort must be, since the primary legal effort to stop the investigation seems to be coming from none other than the Plano, Texas based Liberty Legal Institute (LLI). The story of the Alaskan Supreme Court's decision not to halt the investigation notes that "The state Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute and Anchorage attorney Kevin Clarkson, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Alaska Republican state legislators opposed to their colleagues' investigation. "
LLI is a 501(c)(3) organization, which describes itself this way:

Liberty Legal Institute (LLI) is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 1997 to protect religious freedoms and First Amendment rights for individuals, groups and churches. LLI offers its assistance pro bono to ensure all individuals and groups can thrive without the fear of governments restricting their freedoms. Liberty Legal consists of staff attorneys and a network of over 120 dedicated litigators committed to successfully battling in the courts for:
Religious freedoms

Student's rights
Parental rights

The definition of family

These litigators donate their professional expertise and time to fight for these sacred freedoms. Liberty Legal Institute is headquartered in Plano, Texas with affiliate offices located in Dallas, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, Midland and Lubbock.

more:http://watchingthewatchers.org/news/1466/why-were-tax-exempt-dollars-used-try

[WePurrsevere]

1. Interesting... and why is this org involved in an abuse of power by government investigation at all?

Her case has nothing to do with their supposed "mission statement" (which reads: To achieve expanded religious freedom and family autonomy through litigation and education designed to limit the government's power, increase the religious rights of citizens and promote parental rights.) or an individual or groups "rights/freedoms" and everything to do with her abuse of power as governor.

Mind you after poking around a bit I'm not surprised they'd defend Palin. According to a quote on their site the Dallas morning news called them the "flip side to the ACLU" and after poking around the site and checking Newsmeat I'd agree and say they're probably a RW org with a RW agenda.