Court rejects ACLU domestic spying suit
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A divided federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit Friday challenging President Bush's domestic spying program without ruling on the issue of whether warrantless wiretapping is legal.
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A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue.
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Islamic charity lawyers contend they were spied on during a period in which the Justice Department refused to bless the government spy program.  Their lawsuit may be the only one that can determine if the domestic spy program is legal.
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Surveillance powers granted to the FBI  under the Patriot Act, a cornerstone of the Bush  Administration's war on terror, were ruled unconstitutional by  a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to U.S. security policies.
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A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame  and her husband against Vice President Cheney and other top  officials over the Bush administration's disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.
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The Bush administration opposed in U.S. court on Friday an effort to peel back a secrecy lid over its domestic counterterrorism wiretapping program, which critics say infringes on privacy and rights.
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Citing national security, a federal judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit aimed at blocking AT&amp;T from giving telephone records to the government for use in the war on terror.
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A federal appeals court dismisses an anti-domestic spying case, saying the plaintiffs can't prove the Bush Administration spied on them.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a free-speech challenge to a New York law banning the wearing of masks at public gatherings by a group claiming ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
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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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A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday a lawsuit challenging the domestic spying program created by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks must be dismissed, in a decision based on narrow technical grounds.
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The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to the federal do-not-call registry, ending telemarketers' bid to invoke free-speech arguments to get the popular ban on unwanted phone solicitations thrown out. -AP
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SETBACK FOR PRIVACY ADVOCATES: The Supreme Court, without comment, turned down an appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union to let it pursue a lawsuit against the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
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The federal government is urging an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program, warning that disclosure of such activities could compromise national security.
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Civil liberties groups urge Congress to reject telecom immunity for a U.S. surveillance program.
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A federal judge today rejected Bush administration claims that White House visitor logs created by the Secret Service are not public records and ordered information involving the visits of nine conservative religious figures to be released to an advocacy group.
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AT&T and the government tell an appeals court that the case against the telecom for allegedly helping the government spy on Americans is too secret for any court, despite the Administration's admission it did spy on Americans without warrants.