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RUSH LIMBAUGH LIVE THREAD FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 2006
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Posted on 08/18/2006 8:47:18 AM PDT by MNJohnnie

A couple of articles why the NSA ruling by the Carter Appointee is so much garbage.

http://levin.nationalreview.com/

By Mark Levin

Judge Not

Are there no limits to which activist judges won’t go to advance their political and policy agendas? Answer: No. I wrote an entire book about it. And U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, appointed in the twilight of the Carter administration, is the latest in a long list of disgraceful lawyers who abuse their power.

There are four things that strike me most about Taylor’s opinion. First, she grants standing to such plaintiffs as the ACLU, CAIR, Greenpeace, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Christopher Hitchens, and others, without a shred of information showing any connection between the plaintiffs’ assertions of constitutional violations and any harm to them. However, Taylor reveals herself in this excerpt from her ruling:

… [T]he court need not speculate upon the kind of activity the Plaintiffs want to engage in – they want to engage in conversations with individuals abroad without fear that their First Amendment rights are being infringed upon. Therefore, this court concludes that Plaintiffs have satisfied the requirement of alleging “actual or threatened injury” as a result of Defendants’ conduct

Taylor writes later:

Although this court is persuaded that Plaintiffs have alleged sufficient injury to establish standing, it is important to note that if the court were to deny standing based on the unsubstantiated minor distinctions drawn by Defendants, the President’s action in warrantless wiretapping, in contravention of FISA, Title III, and the First and Fourth Amendments, would be immunized from judicial scrutiny. …

In other words, if Taylor had ruled properly and found that the Plaintiffs had no standing to bring their lawsuit, she would have denied herself the ability to strike down the NSA intercept program by throwing out the lawsuit.

Second, Taylor fails to address adequately that which has been debated here and elsewhere for months, i.e., the president’s inherent constitutional powers as commander-in-chief, and the long line of court cases (and historical evidence) related to it.

Third, in many places, the opinion reads like a political screed.

Fourth, Taylor insists on the immediate implementation of her decision, meaning that the NSA must stop intercepting enemy communications at this very moment, unless it succeeds in getting judicial relief elsewhere.

The ACLU et al have won the day, as they often do these days when they take their agenda to our courts. Forum shopping works. The judiciary does not.

The opinion is here. (H/T: Andy McCarthy)

UPDATE: This from the Justice Department: "The parties have also agreed to a stay of the injunction until the District Court can hear the Department's motion for a stay pending appeal."

UPDATE II: Just to be clear, Taylor ruled that the president/NSA violated the FISA, Title III, the First and Fourth Amendments, and the Separation of Powers doctrine.


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To: AliVeritas

Amazing. It runs in the family. Jailbird crook liberal Democrat father. She's on her way to filling his shoes. Excellent info!!! Definitely something to pass on to all Americans about her and her jailbird father.


321 posted on 08/18/2006 10:45:46 AM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (Irrational is the person who is offended by the mention of a God that he doesn't believe exists.)
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To: TexasPatriot8

Liberal thinking ( if that is possible ) understanding, and reason and rational thinking is well ? Ironic.


322 posted on 08/18/2006 10:46:02 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Sensei Ern

I just give my brother Dean the Stoner $20 on Monday. He buys a bag of ditchweed and stays high all day Tuesday.


323 posted on 08/18/2006 10:46:55 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Nothing says security like the smell of gunpowder.)
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To: Sensei Ern
I just give my brother Dean the Stoner $20 on Monday. He buys a bag of ditchweed and stays out of it all day Tuesday.

ROFL! You're amazing! I have a liberal democrat friend who goes into the voting booth and then picks up vibrations that tell her how to vote. I asked her if I could pay her to vote rationally, but she said no. Any suggestions?

324 posted on 08/18/2006 10:47:26 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: American Quilter

She's a welfare Mom, well really SSI but same-o same-o, never works so has no concept of the days of the week. Especially since she got the SOAP channel...she's got her 'stories' 24/7! Now if they put Fear Factor on 24/7, she'd never leave the house.


325 posted on 08/18/2006 10:48:08 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: American Quilter

Rush is on Ned Lament now.


326 posted on 08/18/2006 10:48:32 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: mewzilla

Excellent link, thanks.


327 posted on 08/18/2006 10:48:52 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: Roccus
Now if they put Fear Factor on 24/7, she'd never leave the house.

I don't have that choice. My mother lives in Oregon, where they do 100% vote by mail. Have to find another way...

328 posted on 08/18/2006 10:50:34 AM PDT by LibertyLee (George W. Bush a Great President--US out of the UN and US out of the UN!)
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To: American Quilter

"Rush is on Ned Lament now."

And the Breck Girl (Edwards)


329 posted on 08/18/2006 10:50:43 AM PDT by bwteim (bwteim: Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Roccus
Especially since she got the SOAP channel...she's got her 'stories' 24/7!

This is why I think everyone who wants to vote should have to show up at the polls and take a test on government, to prove they have at least a minimal knowledge of it. I figure that would wipe out at least 90% of the democrat base.

330 posted on 08/18/2006 10:50:51 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

She doesn't get anywheres near that deep. It's just knee-jerk, hate Republican talk. I think it goes back to the mine wars here.


331 posted on 08/18/2006 10:51:12 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: American Quilter

332 posted on 08/18/2006 10:51:56 AM PDT by RasterMaster (Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
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To: American Quilter

"Rush is on Ned Lament now."

Just struck me a couple of minutes ago, and spit coffee all over my keyboard....

How long do you think it will be before some media newstalker screws up and calls Ned by that name? Or how long it will take before Ned finally shakes it off?


333 posted on 08/18/2006 10:52:42 AM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (I can't really accept a welcome home until the last MIA does.)
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To: bwteim
And the Breck Girl (Edwards)

I remember Laura Graham referring to Edwards as the Silky Pony.

334 posted on 08/18/2006 10:52:47 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: American Quilter

I would hate that. Even though I know enough, I would choke taking a test. Heck, unless I stay up all night cramming, I would fail a blood test.


335 posted on 08/18/2006 10:53:00 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Nothing says security like the smell of gunpowder.)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Dumba$$ moonbat caller alert.


336 posted on 08/18/2006 10:53:20 AM PDT by PogySailor
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To: American Quilter

Uh oh--possible seminar caller.


337 posted on 08/18/2006 10:53:20 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: LibertyLee

You used a Latin word. My eyes are starting to glaze.
Every year I have to go to the gun shop to have the hunting regulations explained to me. Legalese and I do not mix!!!

}:^/


338 posted on 08/18/2006 10:53:49 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: RasterMaster

Love it!


339 posted on 08/18/2006 10:53:55 AM PDT by FaithintheRight (Our forefathers knew what they were doing...do we?)
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To: AliVeritas

340 posted on 08/18/2006 10:54:04 AM PDT by RasterMaster (Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
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