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.
Watch Rush work.....
That's not true. The Supremes vote on whether or not to grant cert...and last time I counted there were 5 of them and 4 of us.
Here's the scary thing. You know Mrs. Suhks JD is a Conservative, she told me last night that this case clearly breaks statute but the plaintiff's standing was bogus and the judge's arguments for unconstitutionality were completely flawed.
Even if this is overturned and cert denied if they can find a real plaintiff with standing we're going to lose. The only way to stop it is congress changing the law and that is suspect with the coming election.
Hi angcat.
Maybe Rush will play him a little, a stroke here, a gaffe there;)
She would have to u-syrup(usurp) John Kerry, who served in Viet Nam.
You're welcome. Let it not be said that the future queen is not gracious and understanding. ;-D
That's sure the truth.
That's funny. :)
I'd be happy if they just took the party symbols off the ballots.
Hell, here in WV the first page of the ballot lets you vote straight ticket, either party. I had never seen that before, I was shocked, shocked I tell you.
Chicago, could you post Hannity today? I'm going to be in and out this afternoon.
"He was a Cenutrion, you know."
Yeah right. And I used to be a dolphin.
I already am. I was anointed by popular acclaim. :-)
We have been able to vote straight tickets here in SC forever.
It just makes it easier for me.
I give him thirty seconds before he goes off on a Michael Moore rant and Rush stuffs him.
Just teasing although the gun shop story is 100% true.
LOL!
Will do.
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