Illustration by: Matt Mahurin
Posted on 03/04/2009 8:26:44 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
A heated confrontation is brewing between the Obama administration and the federal judiciary.
Late on Friday, the Justice Department’s lawyers filed a brief with a federal district court in California challenging the court’s power to carry out its own order. The government lawyers insisted that the court has no right to make available to the opposing lawyers in the case a classified document regarding the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program, even though the document is critical to the lawsuit, the lawyers can obtain the necessary top-secret security clearances, and the document would not be released publicly.
Illustration by: Matt Mahurin
As TWI reported on Friday, the case of Al-Haramain v. Obama presents one of the first direct challenges by a victim of the Bush National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program against government officials. But the government has argued vigorously to have the case dismissed, invoking the so-called “state secrets privilege” to refuse to turn over information about the program, and has refused to provide the organization’s lawyers use of a document that reportedly reveals that Al Haramain was one of the program’s victims. Although U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has repeatedly rejected the Justice Department’s argument, DOJ lawyers filed an emergency appeal; on Friday afternoon, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected it.
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Obama is attacking every facet of the Constitution, isn’t he? Ambitious little Bas#$%d!
Anyone remember that line?
See link at #4.
I guess reviewing the daily security briefing puts things in a different perspective.
It is my naive understanding that a Court’s jurisdiction extends only as far as it can enforce its orders. Is this true?
King Obama is the stupidest rat face nitwit of a human being. Tearing apart the very things that Bush did to protect America in time of war. And this damn fool doesn’t realize that this war with terrorist is still raging. This basta## needs to go.
"Victim". "So called".
I never heard of The Washington Independent, but I think I know what it is.
Sounds like Obama is defending the Bush policy. Not sure what to make of this... yet.
You have made the correct interpretation. They are supporting the Bush Policy. The 9th Circuit has ruled against them, but don’t worry about that. The 9th circuit has a great track record of being overturned by the Supreme Court.
Do see the Material I have added at the thread ...linked at post #4.....
The Obambi DOJ is going to make Bush’s look like a bunch of Boy Scouts by comparison!
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