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Obama v. Klayman, No. 14-5004 (D.C. Cir.) (800 F.3d 559) (August 28, 2015) (Per Curiam)

Article • September 7, 2015 • from P&J September, 2015

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program

Obama v. Klayman, No. 14-5004 (D.C. Cir.) (800 F.3d 559) (August 28, 2015) (Per Curiam) by In his blistering 68-page ruling in Klayman v. Obama, 957 F.Supp.2d 1, 42 (D.D.C. Dec. 16, 2013) (“Klayman I”) (P&J, 01/20/14), District Judge Richard Leon described the NSA’s once secret, but massive, domestic spying …

A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, No. 14-42-cv (2nd Cir.) (785 F.3d 787) (May 7, 2015) (Judge Gerard E. Lynch)

Article • May 25, 2015 • from P&J May, 2015

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Section 215

A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, No. 14-42-cv (2nd Cir.) (785 F.3d 787) (May 7, 2015) (Judge Gerard E. Lynch) by In this 97 page blockbuster decision at the intersection of politics, the Constitution and America’s War on Terror, the Second Circuit has ruled that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) once secret, but …

Klayman v. Obama, No. 1:13-cv-0851 (D.D.C.) (957 F.Supp.2d 1) (December 16, 2013) (Judge Richard J. Leon)

Article • January 20, 2014 • from P&J January, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program

Klayman v. Obama, No. 1:13-cv-0851 (D.D.C.) (957 F.Supp.2d 1) (December 16, 2013) (Judge Richard J. Leon) by Klayman v. Obama, 957 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. Dec. 16, 2013) (Judge Richard Leon) A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, 959 F.Supp.2d 724 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 27, 2013) (Judge William Pauley, III) Ever since Edward Snowden released a …

A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, No. 13 Civ. 3994 (WHP) (S.D.N.Y.) (959 F.Supp.2d 724) (December 27, 2013) (Judge William H. III Pauley)

Article • January 20, 2014 • from P&J January, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program

A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, No. 13 Civ. 3994 (WHP) (S.D.N.Y.) (959 F.Supp.2d 724) (December 27, 2013) (Judge William H. III Pauley) by Klayman v. Obama, 957 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. Dec. 16, 2013) (Judge Richard Leon) A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, 959 F.Supp.2d 724 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 27, 2013) (Judge William Pauley, III) Ever since …

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. 09-17133 (9th Cir.) (669 F.3d 928) (December 29, 2011) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown)

Article • January 23, 2012 • from P&J January, 2012

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Statutory Immunity

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. 09-17133 (9th Cir.) (669 F.3d 928) (December 29, 2011) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown) by In Re NSA Telecom. Records Litig., 671 F.3d 881 (9th Cir. Dec. 29, 2011) (Judge Margaret McKeown) In Re NSA Telecom. Records Litig., No. 09-17133 (9th Cir. Dec. 29, …

In Re: National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. 09-16676 (9th Cir.) (671 F.3d 881) (December 29, 2011) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown)

Article • January 23, 2012 • from P&J January, 2012

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Statutory Immunity

In Re: National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. 09-16676 (9th Cir.) (671 F.3d 881) (December 29, 2011) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown) by Here, in one of three separate but related cases challenging the NSA’s massive warrantless wiretapping program, the Court upheld the constitutionality of a 2008 amendment to FISA …

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. MDL Docket No. 06-1791 VRW (N.D.Cal.) (633 F.Supp.2d 949) (June 3, 2009) (Judge Vaughn R. Walker)

Article • December 1, 2009

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, States Secrets Privilege

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. MDL Docket No. 06-1791 VRW (N.D.Cal.) (633 F.Supp.2d 949) (June 3, 2009) (Judge Vaughn R. Walker) by In this multidistrict litigation (MDL) brought by individuals against telecommunications companies for allegedly unconstitutional acts of wiretapping committed in concert with governmental entities, the Government intervened …

In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation, No. Misc. No. 08-0442 (TFH) (D.D.C.) (630 F.Supp.2d 1) (June 1, 2009) (Judge Thomas F. Hogan)

Article • June 1, 2009 • from P&J June, 2009

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, States Secrets Privilege

In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation, No. Misc. No. 08-0442 (TFH) (D.D.C.) (630 F.Supp.2d 1) (June 1, 2009) (Judge Thomas F. Hogan) by This 19-page ruling by Judge Hogan underscores some of the Government-created obstacles to the ending of the autocratic and arbitrary detention policies at Guantanamo Bay and to …

Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush, No. 06-36083 (9th Cir.) (507 F.3d 1190) (November 16, 2007) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown)

Article • October 1, 2007 • from P&J October, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, States Secrets Privilege

Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush, No. 06-36083 (9th Cir.) (507 F.3d 1190) (November 16, 2007) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown) by Here the Court held that the plaintiff was barred, under the "state secrets" privilege, from using a top secret document that the FBI had inadvertently given to its counsel …

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Dept. of Justice, No. Civ. No. 06-00096 (HHK) (D.D.C.) (511 F.Supp.2d 56) (September 5, 2007) (Judge Henry H. Jr. Kennedy)

Article • August 1, 2007 • from P&J August, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Dept. of Justice, No. Civ. No. 06-00096 (HHK) (D.D.C.) (511 F.Supp.2d 56) (September 5, 2007) (Judge Henry H. Jr. Kennedy) by In this consolidated case, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the ACLU filed a series of claims against the Department of Justice (DOJ) …

A.C.L.U. v. National Security Agency, No. 06-2095 (6th Cir.) (493 F.3d 644) (July 6, 2007) (Judge Alice M. Batchelder)

Article • June 1, 2007 • from P&J June, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program

A.C.L.U. v. National Security Agency, No. 06-2095 (6th Cir.) (493 F.3d 644) (July 6, 2007) (Judge Alice M. Batchelder) by In the first appeals court ruling on the Bush Administration's controversial electronic spying program, known as the Terrorist Surveillance Program (“TSP”), a divided panel from the Sixth Circuit vacated Judge …

El-Masri v. U.S., No. 06-1667 (4th Cir.) (479 F.3d 296) (March 2, 2007) (Judge Robert Bruce King)

Article • February 1, 2007 • from P&J February, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, States Secrets Privilege

El-Masri v. U.S., No. 06-1667 (4th Cir.) (479 F.3d 296) (March 2, 2007) (Judge Robert Bruce King) by Khaled El-Masri, the plaintiff in this case, is a German citizen who was detained while traveling in Macedonia and eventually handed over to the CIA, which flew him to Afghanistan and interrogated …

El-Masri v. Tenet, No. 1:05cv1417 (E.D.Va.) (437 F.Supp.2d 530) (May 12, 2006) (Judge Thomas Selby III Ellis)

Article • December 1, 2006 • from P&J December, 2006

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, States Secrets Privilege

El-Masri v. Tenet, No. 1:05cv1417 (E.D.Va.) (437 F.Supp.2d 530) (May 12, 2006) (Judge Thomas Selby III Ellis) by Plaintiff German citizen claimed to be an innocent victim of the United States' "extraordinary rendition" program and, through three causes of action, sued defendants, the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency …

A.C.L.U. v. National Security Agency, No. 06-CV-10204 (E.D.Mich.) (438 F.Supp.2d 754) (August 17, 2006) (Judge Anna Diggs Taylor)

Article • July 1, 2006 • from P&J July, 2006

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program

A.C.L.U. v. National Security Agency, No. 06-CV-10204 (E.D.Mich.) (438 F.Supp.2d 754) (August 17, 2006) (Judge Anna Diggs Taylor) by In the first judicial assessment of the secret National Security Agency’s super-secret domestic program to wiretap the international communications of some Americans without a warrant or other judicial approval, 73-year old …