Sincerely, the Judicial branch: A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy […]
The Texas Republicans just suffered a big defeat: The Texas Republican Party must keep Tom DeLay’s name on the November election ballot, even though the former congressman has dropped his re-election bid, a federal judge ruled Thursday. DeLay, the former House majority leader who resigned from office June 9, won the Republican primary for his […]
This could turn into something big: A coin dealer and major GOP fundraiser asked Wednesday to change his not guilty pleas to federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush’s re-election campaign. Tom Noe had denied illegally funneling $45,400 in contributions to President Bush’s re-election bid. He was accused of giving money directly […]
So where is Scooter’s defense trying to go? This could give us some insight: A federal judge dealt a setback to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s defense in the CIA leak case yesterday, telling the former vice presidential aide’s attorneys that he is likely to deny their request for a vast trove of government documents. At […]
Well here is a name we haven’t seen really associated with any scandals yet – Condi. Now that looks like it could be changing: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist’s lawyer said […]
The Judge in the Moussaoui case has accepted a compromise with prosecutors: The federal judge in the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui accepted a government compromise Friday that will allow prosecutors to present new witnesses about aviation security Judge Leonie Brinkema in a written order said prosecutors could present exhibits and a […]
Well here is one of the “checks and balances” that Bush must really hate: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to respond within 20 days to requests by a civil liberties group for documents about President George W. Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program. The ruling was a victory for the Electronic Privacy […]
It looks like the warrentless taps are starting to get their real test. That test is being conducted where they belong – in our court system: COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge gave the government two months to respond to an Ohio trucker’s request that his terrorism conviction be thrown out on grounds that the […]
In an article appearing in tomorrow’s Washington Post and available online now, we learn that it wasn’t just the opinion of Fitzgerald and the grand jury that Libby perjured himself but one judge who had made rulings in the case also felt the same: [Judge David] Tatel wrote that interviewing Miller would be crucial to […]
Watch out what you Google for because the FEDS are now interested in Google’s records. Fortunatley the company is prepared to fight in order to protect the privacy of their users. The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded […]