Judge Denies Administration Request To Delay ACLU Metadata Lawsuit 107
sl4shd0rk writes "Federal Judge William Pauley has dismissed an Obama Administration request to delay a hearing on Verizon/NSA data sifting. The ACLU has argued that the sifting is not authorized by statute and even if it were it would still be unconstitutional. The Obama Administration requested the delay on the grounds it needed more time to search through its classified material to determine what was suitable for disclosure."
See also the case docket. Motions must be filed by August 26th, and oral arguments begin on November 1st.
The Constitution is clear on this (Score:5, Informative)
Government has to get a warrant in an OPEN COURT. It has to describe SPECIFICALLY the person or things to be searched and seized. Government has no rights, the People have ALL rights. Government has no more authority to collect everyone's e-mails than it does to send a black van down each street, pull the mail from everyone's mailbox and photocopy it...
I don't see any "Because TERRORISTS!", or "Because Someone doesn't like Obama" exceptions in there, do you?
Re:Good job, your honor! (Score:5, Informative)
The Administration and NSA didn't care about the constitution before Snowden, they're not going to start now.
Re:Good job, your honor! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:The Constitution is clear on this (Score:5, Informative)