ACLU asks court to review domestic spying case

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to review a legal challenge to the warrantless domestic spying program that President George W. Bush created after the September 11 attacks.

The civil liberties group challenged a U.S. appeals court ruling that said the organizations and individuals that sued the government had no legal right to do so because they could not prove they had been affected by the spying program.

Bush authorized the surveillance program to monitor the international phone calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens without first obtaining a court warrant. The appeals court overturned a federal judge's ruling that the program was unconstitutional.

The journalists, scholars, attorneys and national advocacy organizations who filed the lawsuit maintained that the government's illegal surveillance had compromised their ability to do their jobs and disrupted their ability to communicate with sources and clients.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0322452520071003?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

[still_one]

1. In recent times in was the Supreme Court who opened the door to civil rights

and a woman's right to choose, Congress would not touch those issues until Johnson came around

Unfortunately, the timing could not be worse

This will hinge on Kennedy because the Federalist Society judges appointed by bush I and bush II will rule against the people's right to privacy without a warrant

[1monster]

2. I've been affected. Anyone who knows about this has been affected simply

by the fact that we don't know if we are being spied on or not.

The fear factor that something innocent could be interpreted as something sinister is enough to affect us.

[Trillo]

3. K&R n/t