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National Security Letter Issuance Likely Headed To Supreme Court

Posted by samzenpus on from the give-us-an-answer dept.

Gunkerty Jeb writes The Ninth Circuit appeals court in San Francisco took oral arguments from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Department of Justice yesterday over the constitutionality of National Security Letters and the gag orders associated with them. The EFF defended a lower court's ruling that NSLs are unconstitutional, while the DoJ defended a separate ruling that NSLs can be enforced. Whatever the court rules, the issue of NSLs is all but certainly headed for the Supreme Court in the not too distant future.

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  1. DOJ Oaths by trikes57+ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Didn't these guys have to take an oath to defend the Constitution?

    Its time to add teeth to Oath Violations. Loss of job, loss of pension, jail time.
    To argue that some silly law or court ruling overrides the First Amendment should be a criminal offense.

  2. All Judges by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crazy as it seems, all the judges were sent letters prohibiting them from taking this case due to National Security.