This series is about a case filed in the Second Circuit, in the Federal District Court in Manhattan (complaint: ACLU v. Clapper et. al.).
A judge in the District of Columbia Circuit, in a Federal District Court there, has ruled that the military NSA practices are likely unconstitutional and has therefore issued a preliminary injunction.
At footnote two of the judge's memorandum opinion, the judge mentions the case this Dredd Blog series is following.
The judge wrote the following: "The complaint in ACLU v. Clapper, Civ. No. 13-3994, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 11, 2013, alleges claims similar to those in the instant two cases."
In issuing the injunction, the court ruled to wit:
That decision by conservative Judge Leon may help persuade the judge in the ACLU v. Clapper case Dredd Blog is following in this series.
We await a decision by Judge Pauley in this ACLU v Clapper case.
The previous post in this series is here.
A judge in the District of Columbia Circuit, in a Federal District Court there, has ruled that the military NSA practices are likely unconstitutional and has therefore issued a preliminary injunction.
At footnote two of the judge's memorandum opinion, the judge mentions the case this Dredd Blog series is following.
The judge wrote the following: "The complaint in ACLU v. Clapper, Civ. No. 13-3994, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 11, 2013, alleges claims similar to those in the instant two cases."
In issuing the injunction, the court ruled to wit:
But in the meantime, for all the above reasons, I will grant Larry Klayman's and Charles Strange's requests for an injunction and enter an order that (1) bars the Government from collecting, as part of the NSA's Bulk Telephony Metadata Program, any telephony metadata associated with their personal Verizon accounts and (2) requires the Government to destroy any such metadata in its possession that was collected through the bulk collection program.(Klayman v Obama, U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of Columbia, 12/16/13, PDF). The judge stayed the injunction pending appeal, but told the government to start figuring out how to lose the data it has collected.
That decision by conservative Judge Leon may help persuade the judge in the ACLU v. Clapper case Dredd Blog is following in this series.
We await a decision by Judge Pauley in this ACLU v Clapper case.
The previous post in this series is here.
