Prosecutor argues seizure of Rush Limbaugh's medical records fair

[Rose Siding]

WEST PALM BEACH -- The prosecutor investigating whether Rush Limbaugh illegally purchased prescription painkillers told the Florida Supreme Court on Monday that investigators should be allowed to review the conservative radio commentator's medical records.

Assistant State Attorney James Martz was responding to arguments Limbaugh and his attorneys made asking that the records remain sealed. Martz said Limbaugh's argument that he should have been notified before the records were seized by investigators is equivalent to saying ``that law enforcement is never to be trusted.''

``Then search warrants should never be issued and law enforcement should never be permitted to investigate criminal activity for fear that they will abuse the power granted,'' Martz wrote in a brief filed with the Florida Supreme Court. ``Such reasoning would eviscerate law enforcement's ability to protect the public and enforce the law.''
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The court battle over Limbaugh's medical records has crippled the criminal investigation into his drug use for more than a year. Investigators seized the records after learning that Limbaugh received about 2,000 painkillers, prescribed by four doctors in six months, at a pharmacy near his Palm Beach mansion. They contend that Limbaugh engaged in ``doctor shopping,'' or illegally deceived multiple doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-214rushlimbaugh,0,2885196.story?coll=sfla-news-palm

[VegasWolf]

1. That fat drug addict still fighting this case? n/t

[physioex]

2. Ofcourse.....

There are millions of dollars at stake....What else would you expect?

[paineinthearse]

3. Not for much longer, it would seem. nt

[gumby]

4. PigBoy has turned from 'doctor-shopping'

to 'court-shopping.' He's shopping for a fair and balanced 'strict reconstructionist' judge.

After all, a 'strict reconstructionist' wing-nut judge will not be able to find anything in the Constitution about prescription painkillers.

[NNN0LHI]

5. I thought he was in jail by now? Whats the hold up anyway? n/t

[sonicx]

6. Why do right wingers always say there's no "right to privacy"...

except their own? :eyes:

[TahitiNut]

7. Their "pursuit of happiness" trumps everything else.

:shrug: They can't tell if they got it unless they see others miserable.

[Lindacooks]

14. BINGO!!!

When it applies to them, their bodies, and their medical records, privacy rules! But other people, well, you know, other people can't be trusted to manage their own lives and bodies, we have to tell them how to live, how to think, and what to do.

What fucking hypocrites.

[Just Me]

8. This "champion" of anti-Americanism (inciting hatred against fellow,...

,...citizens and making a profit in so doing) ought to have, AT LEAST, every "judgment of justice" he's waged against fellow Americans levelled against himself. And, HE SHOULD SUCK IT UP!!!

He deserves every "stone" he ever threw,...thrown back at him, tenfold!!!

I have no pity for this man. NONE!!!

[leesa]

9. How the hell long does it take them to make this decision?

Has Rush not finished writing checks to the DA?

[Somawas]

10. Rush deserves all of the due process

that you or I would expect. And then he deserves to be incarcerated long enough to become some brother's bitch.

[libodem]

12. couldn't ya hope

[libodem]

11. the legal issues aside

what about the illegal issues remember when the story broke the illustrious National Enquirer reported that it was an angry illegal drug dealer that was blackmailing him, that caused enough problem that it became public

[Pepperbelly]

13. that's 11 plus pills a day!

Whoa! Fat Boy had a real jones going on.

[Laurab]

15. And remember, that's only the ones they know about

if he was getting them legally, illegally, AND off the street, it could be way more than that. What a hypocritical SOB, telling other people how THEY should live, when he's a frigging drug addict.

[Journeyman]

16. These sleazy criminals with their slick lawyers . . .

perverting Constitutional guarantees to keep out of jail. Toss 'em behind bars and throw away the key!

But hey, if they'll take responsibility for their actions, give 'em a trial by a jury of their peers and let justice prevail.