Conservative court upholds $500,000 penalty against USA Next (Bush's social security surrogates)

You remember USA Next? Bush's surrogates who were/are supporting his social security privatization scheme. They're also the folks now fighting a $25m lawsuit from a gay couple whose photo they stole and used without permission in a nationwide ad campaign comparing gay marriage to hating our troops.

Well, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - one of the most conservative courts in this country - just upheld a $500,000 penalty against USA Next on a different matter in which USA Next sent a misleading mailing to seniors that made it look like the mailing was from Social Security. It seems USA Next has a habit of presenting misleading, illegal advertising and yet another Court has called them on it -- this time, a conservative appeals Court.

With friends like these, Mr. Bush...

You can read the court opinion here.