The most left-wing by far of the courts of appeals, the wackadoodle 9th Circuit, ruled today in favor of the Bush Administration that "a lawsuit challenging the government's warrantless wiretapping program could not go forward because of the 'state secrets' privilege." The lawsuit was filed by one of those Arab "charities" that in reality served as a money-washing machine for Al Qaeda . "In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the government, which had argued that allowing an Islamic charity's claims that it was illegally spied upon to go forward would threaten national security."
It is a dark day for the nutroot organizations. The 9th Circuit for years has served as Old Reliable for those itching for a ruling against the Bush Administration, no matter how barmy the complaint. Even more galling for the MoveOners, Democratic Undergrounders and Kossacks, one of the three judges was a favorite of theirs, lefty Harry Pregerson. I guess now if they want to get their way on this issue they'll be forced to have a stab at the quaint and old-fashioned method known as legislation. I'm sure Speaker Pelosi will be happy to accommodate them but then, unlike judicial edicts, it will have to be voted on.
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