War On You (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping Antifascist Calling… – 2009-11-05 by Tom Burghardt President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret state's driftnet surveillance of Americans' electronic communications. This latest move by the administration follows a pattern replicated...
From The Wilderness (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
11-05-09 President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret state’s driftnet surveillance of Americans’ electronic communications. This latest move by the administration...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... is doing the same thing . This is one of the many similar cases being heard by Judge Vaughn Walker, a Reagan appointee who has not been very receptive to such arguments in the Jeppesen Dataplan or Al Haramain cases. And in case you were wondering if those new SSP guidelines issued by Eric Holder were actually going to change anything, here's your answer: Read the rest of this post...
About Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... they decides whether to hear the case. Define family values: San Francisco District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has asked Prop 8 supporters to explain the legal basis of their argument against gay marriage. In other words, how does gay marriage hurt straight people ... factually? Voters initiatives not enough Creating ghost stories to solicit funds and signatures that restrict rights...
The UCL Practitioner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... want to be one or not. It will be interesting to hear what the members of this panel think. Judge Vaughn Walker is now speaking. He said that it is important for judges (andn other people on his side of the bench) to understand what is going on in new media, and that the program should be useful not only for journalists but also for the judicial side. Judge Illston is saying they...
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... month designed to make such a legal argument more difficult. ... Holder said US District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is handling the case, was given a classified description of why the case must be dismissed so that the court can 'conduct its own independent assessment of our claim.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... month designed to make such a legal argument more difficult. ... Holder said US District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is handling the case, was given a classified description of why the case must be dismissed so that the court can 'conduct its own independent assessment of our claim.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
