Federal district Judge Thomas Barber has denied Scientology leader David Miscavige’s objection to being served a labor trafficking lawsuit that was filed in Tampa by three former Sea Org workers. However, Barber has granted Scientology’s motion to force the case into “religious arbitration” based on contracts that those workers, Valeska Paris and Gawain and Laura Baxter, signed while they were working on Scientology’s cruise ship, the Freewinds.
As it dies a slow death by a thousand cuts, the church of scientology is given oxygen by Lady Justice, who not only wears a blindfold but seems to have had a lobotomy.
"Defendants have presented evidence of presumptively valid arbitration agreements signed by Plaintiffs"
The crucial word here is 'presumptively'. The court has to presume that the agreement is valid because they can see no reason it isn't. It evidently isn't, but they can't look into that because the CofS says it's a religious practice, and the first amendment applies.
However, this agreement is in the form of a civil contract. The court has interpreted this contract as giving it no choice but to force a religious practice upon unbelievers.
The first amendment prohibits the US state from doing that, so the contact can't be enforceable by law.
I am betting that there are perfectly "logical" reasons and case-law justification for the judge's ruling.*Sigh*.
Perhaps there is a way to bring imagination and screwball genius to this legal fight; I am fantasizing about some bright lawyer or lawyers coming up with a way to seriously-and LEGALLY-fuck up the church of intergallactic criminality...as Mullet Sherman and Macallan Pimp would say, "TERMINATEDLY".
COS 3 Justice 0
Damn.
As it dies a slow death by a thousand cuts, the church of scientology is given oxygen by Lady Justice, who not only wears a blindfold but seems to have had a lobotomy.
Unbelievable.
This is absolutely unbelievable
"Defendants have presented evidence of presumptively valid arbitration agreements signed by Plaintiffs"
The crucial word here is 'presumptively'. The court has to presume that the agreement is valid because they can see no reason it isn't. It evidently isn't, but they can't look into that because the CofS says it's a religious practice, and the first amendment applies.
However, this agreement is in the form of a civil contract. The court has interpreted this contract as giving it no choice but to force a religious practice upon unbelievers.
The first amendment prohibits the US state from doing that, so the contact can't be enforceable by law.
This decision contradicts itself.
I am betting that there are perfectly "logical" reasons and case-law justification for the judge's ruling.*Sigh*.
Perhaps there is a way to bring imagination and screwball genius to this legal fight; I am fantasizing about some bright lawyer or lawyers coming up with a way to seriously-and LEGALLY-fuck up the church of intergallactic criminality...as Mullet Sherman and Macallan Pimp would say, "TERMINATEDLY".
From the preface to "Hash Pipe Postulates" 😉😂😂😂
Back into the lions den dammit
Dammit.
😳. So once a SCJ makes a ruling that’s it forever? This can’t be challenged? Ugh
So, can the lawyers acting for the plaintiffs depose defendant David "he is NOT insane!" Miscavige?