[michigander]

Judge: Bush Surveillance Program Violates Constitution

POSTED: 11:56 am EDT August 17, 2006

DETROIT -- A federal judge in Detroit has ruled that the Bush Administration's warrantless surveillance program violates the Constitution.

The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the National Security Agency. The ACLU argued that the domestic surveillance program violates the rights to free speech and privacy.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The ACLU argued that the domestic surveillance program violates the rights to free speech and privacy."

Free speech?

[andy58-in-nh]

Judge in this case is U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor. In 1979, three years after she campaigned for Jimmy Carter's presidential bid, Carter rewarded Taylor with a lifetime appointment to U.S. District Court in Detroit.

[Beagle8U]

Anna Diggs Taylor...bio.

http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/_practices/taylor/bio.htm

[P-Marlowe]

Taylor, Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs

Born 1932 in Washington, DC

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on May 17, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; Confirmed by the Senate on October 31, 1979, and received commission on November 2, 1979. Served as chief judge, 1996-1998. Assumed senior status on December 31, 1998.

Education:
Barnard College, B.A., 1954

Yale Law School, LL.B., 1957

Professional Career:
Attorney, Office of Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, 1957-1960
Assistant Wayne County prosecutor, Michigan, 1961-1962
Assistant U.S. attorney, Detroit, Michigan, 1966
Legislative assistant / Detroit office manager, U.S. Rep. Charles C. Diggs, Jr., 1967-70
Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1970-1975
Adjunct professor, Wayne State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1972-1975
Supervising assistant corporation counsel, City of Detroit, Law Department, 1975-1979
Adjunct professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1976-1977

Race or Ethnicity: African American

Gender: Female