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EFF Case Against AT&T To Go Forward

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beauty dept.

Tyler Too writes "The NSA wiretap lawsuit filed by the EFF will apparently be moving forward. A federal judge has denied the government's request that the EFF's lawsuit against AT&T be dismissed. Among other things, the judge ruled that 'if the government has been truthful in its disclosures, divulging information on AT&T's role in the scandal should not cause any harm to national security.' The case will now move forward, pending a government appeal."

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  1. Re:no career ambitions by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Federal judges sit until resignation, death, or impeachment and conviction by the Senate, for this very reason.

  2. Re:More like... by AuMatar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Of course, the republicans have set a nice precedent of impeachment proceedings for perjury by the executive branch...

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    I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  3. Re:VAUGHN not JOHN Walker by Zathrus · · Score: 4, Informative
    This is ND California, not court of appeals.

    Aw crap... in researching the judge I did a more general search and pulled up the wrong judge.

    Oddly, the real Judge Vaughn Walker was also appointed by Reagan and then appointed Chief Justice by George H. W. Bush. But, as you state, to the N.D. of California, not to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals (which is in an entirely different part of the country).

    So this probably was a "career limiting" move if the neo-cons retain control of the Republican party. They certainly won't reward him with a Appelatte court position and the Democrats are unlikely to appoint a conservative judge to the 9th.

    Which makes it an even better story really... since it means that he's likely ruling with the law rather than with politics. And, better yet, it means the appeal has to go to the 9th Appellate court, which is unlikely to overturn his decision.

    Someone go mod down my earlier post. Thanks.
  4. Re:I Like His Logic by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · · Score: 5, Informative

    You say
    >they genuinely come across to me as someone who would rather see people DIE as in DEAD than have one single person's phone call monitored that shouldn't have been.
    Patrick Henry said
    "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"