Tornado Alley (PROG)

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The Bush administration tried to shortchange victims of Hurricane Katrina, and force them to jump through ridiculous hoops in order to get benefits to which they were entitled. Fortunately, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon put a stop to the nonsense. “It is unfortunate, if not incredible, that FEMA and its counsel could not devise a sufficient notice system to spare these beleaguered evacuees the added burden of federal litigation to vindicate their constitutional rights,” Leon wrote in a 19-page opinion. “Free these evacuees from the ‘Kafkaesque’ application process they have had to endure.”