EFF Challenges Constitutionality of Telecom Immunity in Federal Court

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, public interest advocacy org for rights in the digital age, has filed a brief in Federal Court challenging the Constitutionality of the telecom immunity bill. EFF is arguing there is no Constitutional authority for giving authority to...

Supreme Court Skips 4th, Keeps Catch-22

"The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear a case to stop President Bush’s domestic warrantless wiretapping, and let stand a 2-1 Appeals Court ruling that threw out the case on a technicality—a catch-22.x20 The ACLU brought the case on behalf of some journalists,...

The Truth About (Telecom) Immunity

Administration officials are complaining about House Democrats stalling legislation that would grant immunity to any telecommunications carrier that assisted with its domestic spying program. Without that immunity cloak, the White House says, telecoms will hesitate to...

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Wiretap Case

The Supreme Court today turned aside a legal challenge to the Administration's warrantless wiretaps, declining to review a lower court decision dismissing the case because the names of those being spied on are secret. "The Court's decision allows the government to avoid...

Rep. Burgess, surprise me! (not holding my breath)

An appeal to Rep. Michael Burgess (D-TX26th) - If someone breaks the law, you "tough on crime" types say, "Tough, should have known better".That is, unless it is one of your own.  In that case, as has been show so many times in the Bush Regime, pardons, immunities, and...