Comments on: FISA: Judge Asks Feds Some Good Questions http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rafflaw http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1746026 rafflaw Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:43:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1746026 <p>I sure hope this judge does the right thing and throws the retroactive immunity out the window. I cannot understand how it can be constitutional.</p> I sure hope this judge does the right thing and throws the retroactive immunity out the window. I cannot understand how it can be constitutional.

]]> By: RAMA http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745923 RAMA Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:51:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745923 <p>The judge did indeed ask good questions, but haven’t we been here before on other topics? I predict the good questions will be followed by virtually no answers, but nothing will happen in return. I sound like the old doofer I am, but I really do remember when we used to be a nation of laws, and when the laws were (mostly) enforced.</p> The judge did indeed ask good questions, but haven’t we been here before on other topics? I predict the good questions will be followed by virtually no answers, but nothing will happen in return. I sound like the old doofer I am, but I really do remember when we used to be a nation of laws, and when the laws were (mostly) enforced.

]]> By: laurastrand http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745904 laurastrand Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:38:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745904 <p>Hooray for judicial activism, I mean competence. I am curious about how this will affect those who brought claims against the Telcos including former SF Chronicle reporter (and personal hero) Peter Sussman.<br /> My legal accumen is very limited as to a petitioner’s rights after a case is dismissed with or without prejudice.</p> Hooray for judicial activism, I mean competence. I am curious about how this will affect those who brought claims against the Telcos including former SF Chronicle reporter (and personal hero) Peter Sussman.
My legal accumen is very limited as to a petitioner’s rights after a case is dismissed with or without prejudice.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745887 dakine01 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:05:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745887 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/india-plays-into-terrorists-hands/" rel="nofollow">Ian upstairs on India’s troubles</a> and their response.</p> Ian upstairs on India’s troubles and their response.

]]> By: tw3k http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745883 tw3k Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:02:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745883 <p>No Crony Left Behind is a well run program!</p> No Crony Left Behind is a well run program!

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745881 dakine01 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:00:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745881 <p>IANAL but from everything I read, that case was always going to be dismissed. The DA was a bit of a grandstander and there really wasn’t anything there.</p> <p>I’d like to see Cheney and company go down. But with a valid indictment that actually had rule of law behind it, not someone’s ego and wish to get some national press.</p> IANAL but from everything I read, that case was always going to be dismissed. The DA was a bit of a grandstander and there really wasn’t anything there.

I’d like to see Cheney and company go down. But with a valid indictment that actually had rule of law behind it, not someone’s ego and wish to get some national press.

]]> By: kittykitty http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745880 kittykitty Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:58:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745880 <p>a ray of hope there…</p> <p>unlike other news today… and we wonder why</p> <p>Texas Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Cheney & Gonzales</p> <p>In Texas, a judge has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for their alleged role in the abuse of prisoners in private prisons in Texas. The indictment had cited Cheney’s investment in Vanguard Group, which owns an interest in private prisons in South Texas. Gonzales was accused of using his position while in office to stop an investigation in 2006 into abuses at one of the privately run prisons.</p> a ray of hope there…

unlike other news today… and we wonder why

Texas Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Cheney & Gonzales

In Texas, a judge has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for their alleged role in the abuse of prisoners in private prisons in Texas. The indictment had cited Cheney’s investment in Vanguard Group, which owns an interest in private prisons in South Texas. Gonzales was accused of using his position while in office to stop an investigation in 2006 into abuses at one of the privately run prisons.

]]> By: tw3k http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745879 tw3k Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:56:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745879 <p>Doesn’t congress server at the pleasure of the president?</p> Doesn’t congress server at the pleasure of the president?

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745878 Teddy Partridge Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:52:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745878 <p>Questions for Holder at his confirmation hearings? Questions other than “<strong>who votes aye?</strong>” </p> <p>Not holding my breath.</p> Questions for Holder at his confirmation hearings? Questions other than “who votes aye?”

Not holding my breath.

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745875 perris Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:43:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/fisa-judge-asks-feds-some-good-questions/#comment-1745875 <p>if obama is a mench then he will not appeal if the laws are found unconstitutional and he will ask the courts entertain appeal if found constitutional</p> <p>he is supposedly a constitutional lawyer, let’s see if his money is where his degree is</p> if obama is a mench then he will not appeal if the laws are found unconstitutional and he will ask the courts entertain appeal if found constitutional

he is supposedly a constitutional lawyer, let’s see if his money is where his degree is

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