Where might one find those legal briefs online? I would be interested in reading them.
http://www.rcfp.org/shields_and_subpoenas.html#plame <- Here
http://www.rcfp.org/shields_and_subpoenas.html#plame <- Here
Oh, here is another one, not linked from above ...
The below links relate to a brief filed on behalf of 36 news organizations. One of the authors of the brief is Victoria Toensing, who has posed the same points in editorial columns expressing the function of the statute that forbids disclosure of covert operatives.
The brief itself is a 1.5 Mb PDF file - fair warning.
March 23, 2005 brief filed by 36 News organizations <- Arguing "no crime committed"
http://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2005/03/journalists_ami.html <- Commentary
I'm still looking for briefs from the special prosecutor and/or the DOJ. Meanwhile, a random collection of briefs, opinions, and leads ...
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/dc/043138b.pdf
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200502/04-3138a.pdf
(also at http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/cialeak.pdf, http://jaffee-redmond.org/cases/miller.htm and other URLs)
http://www.c-span.org/pdf/PlameAmicus.pdf
http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/legal_issues/legal_activities/amicus_briefs/miller_cooper_merits.pdf
SCOTUS Docket Sheet ...
No. 04-1507
Vide 04-1508
Title:
Judith Miller, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: May 11, 2005
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Case Nos.: (04-3138)
Decision Date: February 15, 2005
Rehearing Denied: April 19, 2005
~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 9 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2005)
May 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of American Society of Newspaper Editors, et al. filed. VIDED.
May 18 2005 Brief amici curiae of ABC, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
May 18 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Freedom filed. VIDED.
May 27 2005 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED.
May 27 2005 Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jun 6 2005 Reply of petitioner Judith Miller filed. (Distributed)
Jun 7 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2005.
Jun 27 2005 Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.