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Congress gave the phone companies immunity against the billions of dollars in lawsuits brought against them for cooperating with federal antiterror surveillance programs. The ACLU and some trial lawyers argue that this is unconstitutional. But even law professors, like H
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10 months ago
As WIRED notes, "Now the Attorney General need only send a letter to Judge Walker, certifying that each telecom did or did not participate. If they did, the government must show Walker a copy of the legal assurances the government gave the companies. Then Walker must dismiss the cases. . .The EFF . . says it will challenge the constitutionality of the amnesty provision." See Ryan Singel, "Appeals Court Punts on AT&T Spying Case Appeal," WIRED, Aug. 21, 2008, available at http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/appeal....
For the reasons given in my above analysis, Judge Vaughn Walker should promptly dismiss the cases against the phone companies, and uphold the constitutionality of the "amnesty" provision.
10 months ago
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