shouting loudly

This blog is not all about bad news! Judge Anna Diggs Taylor from Detroit is the first judge to rule about the legality of the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program – it was justified as necessary for battling terrorism but is now found to violate the rights to free speech, privacy as well as the separation of powers, as protected by the US Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) succesfully fought in this case of ACLU vs NSA – good thing to see that my money donated to ACLU, even though I am not even an American citizen, is being used properly.

In layman terms: the NSA cannot just randomly wiretap citizens without going through the formal procedures that have been established a long time before there was a war on terror.

More indepth legal analysis and the ramifications of this case by Derek Bambauer of Info/Law, Susan Crawford, and Jack Balkin. Professor Balkin also graciously hosts the opinion and the order.