The Al-Haramain ruling and the current Congress - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

A Bush-41-appointed Federal District Judge yesterday became the third judge -- out of three who have ruled on the issue -- to reject the Bush administration's claim that Article II entitles the President to override or ignore the provisions of FISA. Yesterday's decision by Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California also guts the central claims for telecom immunity and gives the lie to the excuses coming from Congress as to why the new FISA ... Full Story »

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Glenn Greenwald’s passion for defence of constitutional integrity is immense. But, that passion is strengthened by intimate knowledge of constitutional law. Happily, Salon provides a dynamic forum for Greenwald’s work. Whereas the NY Times covered this particular story with a weak 500-word piece by Eric Lichtblau, Greenwald writes more than four times as much and adds links to related documents and appends updates as the situation evolves. Greenwald describes a lawsuit by an Oregon Islamic charity whose telephone communications with lawyers were recorded. They learned this after federal officials mistakenly handed them transcripts of taped calls. The DOJ has been trying to suppress the case, arguing that any recordings, even ... More »

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