COURT OKs DOMESTIC SPYING

[Jcrowley]

Court temporarily OKs domestic spying
By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 4, 4:54 PM ET

CINCINNATI - 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 ruled Wednesday.

The president has said the program is needed in the war on terrorism; opponents argue it oversteps constitutional boundaries on free speech, privacy and executive powers.

The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave little explanation for the decision. In the three-paragraph ruling, judges said that they balanced the likelihood an appeal would succeed, the potential damage to both sides and the public interest.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_on_go_pr_wh/domestic_spying

[MikeNearMcChord]

1. And the right is forever bitching about left wing judicial activism.

Perhaps if there is justice in this world, the RW judges may find themselves tapped and declared "enemy comabtants" Do they even teach the Constitution in law school anymore or is it the Books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers?