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Several news items today regarding the domestic surveillance program revealed in a December 15, 2005 New York Times article, the ramifications of which are subject to Congressional and DOJ investigation, continued commentary and perhaps further response by other judges on the FISA Court. New York Times: Justice Deputy Resisted Parts of Spy Program: The authors …
The Staffordshire magistrates’ court recently tested the use of a “pay up or get locked up” text message to offenders, with a surprising level of success. Evidently, the technology may be more widely embraced in future by courts as an additional mechanism to collect outstanding fines: “Everyone’s got a mobile phone and as one of …
EPIC: “As a student at Princeton University, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito put together a remarkable report on the future of privacy in America. EPIC has obtained a complete copy of the report and, in cooperation with the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University.”
Secret court modified wiretap requests – Intervention may have led Bush to bypass panel, by Stewart M. Powell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Washington Bureau. Related commentary, references and postings: Reuters: Secret surveillance up since 9/11 – “The Justice Department’s reports to the U.S. Congress on the surveillance court’s activities show that the Bush administration made 5,645 applications …
National Archives Opens Additional Samuel Alito Records Records Pertaining to Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr
NARA press release: “The National Archives at College Park will release 45 documents relating to Samuel Alito. These records total 744 pages from Record Group 60, Records of the Department of Justice, Files of John Bolton, Michael Carvin, Roger Clegg, Stephen Galebach, Brian Landsberg, Mark Levin, and Richard Willard….The National Archives found the documents, consisting …
Following up on news that Judge Robinson resigned from the FISA court in protest over the administration’s warrantless surveillance program, related commentary and articles: Warrantless Wiretapping: Why It Seriously Imperils the Separation of Powers, And Continues the Executive’s Sapping of Power From Congress and the Courts, by Edward Lazarus. Judges on Surveillance Court To Be …
U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III (M.D. PA), Kitzmiller v. Dover (139 pages, PDF) Kitzmiller, et al v. Dover School District, et al – docket and link to decision AP article, ‘Religious alternative’ to evolution barred from public-school science classes Federal Judge Rules Intelligent Design Unconstitutional
As a follow-up to previous postings concerning voting rights violations and the 2003 Texas redistricting, today’s report from Bloomberg: “The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments that a Texas redistricting plan engineered by former U.S. House Republican Leader Tom DeLay illegally diluted minority voting rights and was so partisan it violated the Constitution.” For …
Posted today by TIME magazine: What Viveca Novak Told Fitzgerald, by Viveca Novak. Ms. Novak is now apparently on a “leave of absence” from TIME. Related news: Viveca Novak: Another Plame Journo Kept Her Editor in the Dark New York Times: Lawyer Knew Rove Was a Source, Reporter Says AP – Time: Rove’s Lawyer Told …
Press release: “The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent [a] letter to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito seeking more information relating to his nomination to be Associate Justice. In their letter, Senators have asked Judge Alito to provide information omitted from the questionnaire, including material that is publicly available. Judge Alito submitted his …
Follow up to Media Challenges Withholding Publication of Plame Investigation Documents, November 14, 2005: New York Times, Leak Ruling Has Mystery, 8 Blank Pages Government Response to Motion Motion of Dow Jones & Co. to Unseal Redacted Portion of the Court’s Opinion(12 pages, PDF). New York Times, In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists
