Archive for the ‘Constitutional’ Category

Feds using subpoenas to squash leaks

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Federal prosecutors have issued a grand jury subpoena to the ACLU that demands "any and all copies" of a classified document emailed to the group in September. This represents an unprecedented attempt to use a subpoena as a prior restraint on publication of the information. Subpoenas are an investigatory tool, not ...

the NSA wiretapping program ruled unconstitutional

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

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 ...