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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Oct 9, 2012, 11:02 AM Oct 2012

Supreme Court Lets Stand Telecom Immunity In Wiretap Case

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program.

The justices said Tuesday they will not review a court ruling that upheld the 2008 law against challenges brought by privacy and civil liberties advocates on behalf of the companies' customers. The companies include AT&T, Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc.

Lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation accused the companies of violating the law and customers' privacy through collaboration with the National Security Agency on intelligence gathering.

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Supreme Court Lets Stand Telecom Immunity In Wiretap Case (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP

Rule of four. OnyxCollie Oct 2012 #1

fking bs this is a clear constitutional violation and the cowards just sat on their fatasses leftyohiolib Oct 2012 #2

Thanks for all those "freedoms", you keep talking about Fat Tony! SoapBox Oct 2012 #3

Outrageous, of course... Prospero1 Oct 2012 #4

Shame on them! pam4water Oct 2012 #5

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)

1. Rule of four.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 11:15 AM

Oct 2012

Which one of the four didn't want to hear the case? Breyer? Ginsburg? Sotomayor? Kagan?

If we can't get these four to hear a case like this, it doesn't matter which candidate gets the next Supreme Court picks. We're already fucked.

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

2. fking bs this is a clear constitutional violation and the cowards just sat on their fatasses

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 11:25 AM

Oct 2012

and let it go. useless pos

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

3. Thanks for all those "freedoms", you keep talking about Fat Tony!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 12:30 PM

Oct 2012

...nice.

Prospero1

(83 posts)

4. Outrageous, of course...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:50 PM

Oct 2012

but can't they be sued to "cease and desist" rather than for damages? (Those right wing "Federalist Society"/"Original intent" hypocrites make me sick).

pam4water

(2,916 posts)

5. Shame on them!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 03:51 PM

Oct 2012

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