Judge orders halt to warrentless wiretaps?!!!

[thewayne]

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/espionage_and_intelligence

Judge nixes warrantless surveillance
AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.

So, I guess my question is in two parts: (a) how long before another court overrules/reinstates, and (b) will Bush et al just ignore it?

Comments

[silveradept]

Yeah, I saw an article on the retroactive war crimes thing. Somebody in that Administration is both intelligent and ruthless. I'm still trying to figure out who it is so that we can stick the blame on them and make them work for good and not evil.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Rove & Cheney. I don't think you have to look much further than those two. And Rove is not an elected official.

Ruthless is an excellent word for this.

[silveradept]

It has to be, with the way that they've systematically gone about their business and not provoked a major reaction. Ruthless,e fficient, and effective, with a great figurehead in power and enough people turning a blind eye in the right places.

If we impeach Bush, we get Cheney. We can impeach Cheney... and all the way down the line if we have to.