Groups file lawsuit against WH for 'fishy' emails they are collecting.. [View All]

[joeycola]

I was surprised to see this. I see nothing wrong in forwarding the emails


http://www.aapsonline.org/aaps-eop-complaint.pdf



According to the AAPS/CURE Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief filed by their lawyers, the organizations seek the following relief:

(a) Declare that the First Amendment and the Privacy Act prohibit and preempt the Defendants’ efforts to collect and maintain information on protected speech;
(b) Enjoin the Defendants’ continued collection of such information via the [e-mail] email address and the linked “reality check” internet reporting form (collectively, hereinafter “[e-mail]”); (c) Order the Defendants to expunge all prohibited information obtained via [e-mail] from their records; and
(d) Order the Defendants to remove the solicitation for citizens to report on others’ “fishy speech” from whitehouse.gov and enjoin their soliciting or collecting information (including email addresses) on third parties’ political speech.



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http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/08/27/obama-administration-sued-over-healthcare-enemies-list.html

Edit to add. I found this news article also just now:


Obama Administration Sued Over Healthcare Enemies List
August 27, 2009 10:49 AM ET | Peter Roff | Permanent Link | Print

By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

A doctors' group and an organization that advocates for the interest of the inner-city poor have joined forced to sue the Obama administration, charging that its abortive effort to collect criticisms made by those opposed to President Obama's plan to change the U.S. health care system infringed on their First Amendment rights.

In a complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education said the White House had attempted to "unlawfully" collect information on protected political speech when it asked Obamacare supporters to report any negative comments about the proposal to a U.S. government
email address, [e-mail].
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