Reply #9: I JUST WANT TO SEE ALL THE CRIMINALS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE... [View All]

[Jeffersons Ghost]

and the country and Constitution so many brave fine Americans are dying for this very night to be restored to her glory.

Does this ruling make ANYONE that is still conducting illegal wire-taps on citizens that have done NOTHING wrong a criminal?

The New York Times

August 18, 2006

In a sweeping decision that drew on history, the constitutional separation of powers and the Bill of Rights, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, a Carter administration appointee who sits on the U.S. District Court in Detroit, rejected almost every argument put forth by the administration.

Taylor ruled that the program violated both the Fourth Amendment and a 1978 law that requires warrants from a secret court for intelligence wiretaps involving people in the United States.

The Fourth Amendment protects Americans against "unreasonable searches and seizures."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/18/news/wiretap.php