Comments on: Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act http://themoderatevoice.com/14971/judge-strikes-down-part-of-patriot-act/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:38:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tully http://themoderatevoice.com/14971/judge-strikes-down-part-of-patriot-act/comment-page-1/#comment-97610 Tully Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:56:01 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/terrorism/14971/judge-strikes-down-part-of-patriot-act/#comment-97610 <em>I’ll reserve judgment until we can read the opinion instead of a very brief second-hand report on the gist of it</em> Ask and <a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/nsl_decision.pdf" rel="nofollow">ye shall receive</a>. [pdf] Run down the history of the case and you'll find it doesn't make the ruling look any better. I’ll reserve judgment until we can read the opinion instead of a very brief second-hand report on the gist of it

Ask and ye shall receive. [pdf] Run down the history of the case and you’ll find it doesn’t make the ruling look any better.

]]> By: Simon http://themoderatevoice.com/14971/judge-strikes-down-part-of-patriot-act/comment-page-1/#comment-97566 Simon Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:45:48 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/terrorism/14971/judge-strikes-down-part-of-patriot-act/#comment-97566 I'll reserve judgment until we can read the opinion instead of a very brief second-hand report on the gist of it, but it bears noting from the outset that, just like the TSP case (<i>ACLU v. NSA</i>), this is a district court ruling by a district court (and Democratic appointee to boot), it will certainly be appealed, almost certainly stayed pending that appeal, and questions of law will be reviewed de novo by the <strike>adults</strike> court of appeals. Let's start by finding the opinion, though. I’ll reserve judgment until we can read the opinion instead of a very brief second-hand report on the gist of it, but it bears noting from the outset that, just like the TSP case (ACLU v. NSA), this is a district court ruling by a district court (and Democratic appointee to boot), it will certainly be appealed, almost certainly stayed pending that appeal, and questions of law will be reviewed de novo by the adults court of appeals. Let’s start by finding the opinion, though.

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