Thursday, August 17, 2006

Federal judge rules NSA program unconstitutional

John Hinderaker at Power Line suggests that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ignored precedent in reaching her decision, and notes the weakness in the federal court system that allowed the ACLU to shop around in order to increase the chance for a sympathetic judge.

Hinderaker also notes that Judge Taylor was in on the judge-shopping scandal concerning the racial preferences issue at the University of Michigan.

Finally, Hinderaker says that it's likely that Judge Taylor will be reversed by a higher court--one that pays attention to precedent.

Power Line is one of the best blogs for these types of stories, since it's a group blog by lawyers.
The text of the decision is here (.pdf).

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