Judge nixes warrantless surveillance
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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White House visitor logs are public documents, a federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting a legal strategy that the Bush administration had hoped would get around public records laws and let them keep their guests a secret.
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One section of the Patriot Act was ruled unconstitutional yesterday by a federal judge. The section, 505, gave the FBI power to demand information from companies without a court order and bars recipients of
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Federal judge denies Justice Department's request to record parts of phone calls sans a wiretap order, concluding it violates the 4th Amendment.
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A U.S. judge denied a request by a group of Guantanamo inmates to investigate the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes and said on Wednesday a Justice Department probe of the issue would be sufficient.
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A federal judge yesterday declared unconstitutional and blocked a law that allows the FBI to force companies to turn over Internet and telephone records to fight terrorism and bars the companies from disclosing the searches.
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CINCINNATI, Oct. 4 -- The Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday.
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The Bush administration is allowed to continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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A federal judge in New York struck down one of the Bush administration&#39;s new surveillance powers yesterday, ruling that a USA Patriot Act provision
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A California judge Monday dismissed state charges against a figure inÂ the Hewlett-Packard (HP) spying caseÂ becauseÂ the defendant already pleaded guilty to similar federal charges in the case.
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Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without showing probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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A judge on Friday chastised state officials for botching efforts to ensure electronic voting machines are tamperproof but cleared them for use in the November election, saying it was too late now to change course.
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A federal appeals court removed a serious legal challenge to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program yesterday, overruling the only judge who held that a controversial surveillance effort by the National Security Agency was unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the Bush administration's domestic spying program.
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The California judge in Michael Jackson&#39;s child molestation case foiled a defense team plan by ruling ample evidence existed to warrant a Neverland search.
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The Bush administration asked a federal judge yesterday to suspend her order barring eavesdropping on suspected terrorists, saying any halt in the surveillance would leave the nation more vulnerable to terrorist attack.