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In September 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the government's request that all of the court's judges rehear a lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), a law that gives the executive branch virtually unchecked power to collect Americans' international emails and telephone calls. The denial of rehearing allows the ACLU's lawsuit to proceed, upholding an unanimous March 2011 ruling by a three-judge panel that the plaintiffs have the right to challenge the constitutionality of the law.
Sen. Barack Obama's vote for a federal surveillance law that he had previously opposed has sparked a backlash from his online advocates, who had energized his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Originally posted by Gannicus
I haven't heard a thing about the wiretaps from the MSM since Obama took office.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Good on the ACLU.
I just wish they werent a bunch of hypocrites pushing for liberty when it suits them and ignoring it when it doesnt.
As far as I know the ACLU still had the official position of damning firearm ownership for individuals.
I guess the "Liberties" in their title is a selective plural rather than an all encompassing one.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
reply to post by Partisanity
Whether it's guns, coc aine, sodomy, transfats or praying the banning or regulating of a thing, any thing, is a direct contradiction to liberty.
It's a great societal commentary that the American Civil Liberties Union picks and chooses from set "liberties" to form it's positions and pick it's battles. Pathetic and sad really.