Yesterday Leftovers For 3/24/10: From A Big Al Franken Win, To The Author Of "Baby Killer" Being Proud Of It

Thanks to Al Franken, Dick Cheney's thugs back down :

The high-profile case of Jamie Leigh Jones, a Halliburton/KBR employee who claims she was raped by co-workers in a barracks in Iraq in 2005, won't be considered by the Supreme Court -- at least for now.

Lawyers for KBR, who had sought to force her complaint into arbitration as called for by her employment contract rather than being resolved in federal court, withdrew the company's petition for high court review on March 11. KBR invoked the Court's Rule 46, which does not require any explanation for withdrawing a case if both sides consent. Parties often withdraw petitions before the Court acts if the case has been settled. But John Vail, lawyer for Jones, said today, "There is not a settlement," and he expects some of her claims to go to trial in federal court May 2011. Vail is vice president and senior litigation counsel at the Center for Constitutional Litigation in D.C.

Instead, Vail said he believes the case was withdrawn because of the so-called Franken Amendment. Following publicity about Jones' case, Congress passed a defense appropriation last year with a provision advocated by Sen. Al Franken, (D-Minn.) The measure prohibits any contractor receiving federal defense funds from enforcing a contract that mandates use of arbitration to resolve civil rights, harassment, and other types of disputes.

Also, it has been documented pretty well now how Al Franken ripped into David Axelrod. Oh, it was so great. He is certainly in the running for Rationalist of the Week already.

Just two days after I gave him credit, "Baby Killer" caller is taking advantage of being a rude and out of control loon :


And from Think Progress' Ian Milhister, more reasons at how unbelievably ridiculous this "Repeal Movement" is:

Your Yesterday's Leftovers, digested.