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.
LOL LOL
Bush's fault 9/11.
dot com bust was before Bush was elected
Do we have the moonbat radar on or not!!
Hahahahahaha!!!
"Moral deprivation going down the drain" is a good thing, right?
So did I at 16. I worked for Shopwell and paid union dues.
LoL,,,,, I sure would have voted for George Washington.
I got rich with Clinton????? News to me.
Why does he keep calling W "George Butch"?
Revisionist recent history. The dot.com'ers dropped because of the Clintonian fiction of the economy. And the 9-11 planning took place during Clinton's terms, and the terrorists entered the country mostly during Clinton's administration. I'm glad that caller clarified that point.
because it sounds like b*tch which calls to mind b*stard to that limp noodle??
Dittos
The Supremes will still have the opportunity to vote on cert. You basically laid out exactly the same argument I did and the petition for cert by precedent should be denied for standing. But I trust Kennedy and Breyer as far as I can throw them. This case, if the plaintiffs had standing, clearly breaks statute...and I don't trust the Supremes ratio to uphold precedent when it comes to political cases against Bush and Co.
Mrs. Suhks is really PO'd at Gonzales, thinks he's a moron and giving Bush BAD advice.
OMG this MOONBAT on now is a loony.
Me too. He's my favorite president (Ronaldus Magnus runs a close second).
thank you Rush - Carter did not give us morality!!!
clinton = an empty economy
"I got rich with Clinton????? News to me."
Me, too!
Gosh!! I know when the dot com bust was. Hubby fell in love with RCN and LVLT.
Why part time workers needed to join a union.. All they did was take money out of my paycheck..
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