Big... Ugly... Lawsuits... coming soon to federal district courts all over the U.S.
Jurist: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/08/breaking-news-federal-judge-rules.php Thursday, August 17, 2006 BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge rules domestic spying program unconstitutional Jeannie Shawl at 12:14 PM ET [JURIST] AP is reporting that US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor has ruled that the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program <http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/currentawareness/surveillance.php> [JURIST news archive] is unconstitutional and has ordered the National Security Agency <http://www.nsa.gov/> [official website] to immediately cease using warrantless wiretaps to intercept communications of suspected terrorists when one party to the communication is outside the US. Diggs ruled that the NSA wiretaps violate free speech and privacy rights. 12:21 PM ET - Read the opinion <http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/eGov/taylorpdf/06%2010204.pdf> [PDF] and judgment and permanent injunction order <http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/eGov/taylorpdf/06-10204Injunction.pdf> [PDF]. AP has more <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060817/ap_on_go_pr_wh/warrantless_surveillance>.
