Spy Bill Debate Comes to an End

[keith smith]

In this case the ACLU may actually help.  They are a bit of a loose cannon from what I have been reading lately.

Here is a bit of a twist.  Something learned about in High School, Ex post facto laws are in violation of the US Constitution.

The ACLU website says "The bill essentially grants absolute retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies that facilitated the president’s warrantless wiretapping program over the last seven years by ensuring the dismissal of court cases pending against those companies.".

I do not think so.  This part of the bill is Ex post facto and a violation of the Constitution.  Now I'm no lawyer....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law      

At the bottom of the page under United States there is a sentence that states "The current debate over granting telecoms retroactive immunity for their part in warrantless wiretapping is one that some believe does not invoke the ex post facto clause in the U.S. Constitution." 

Only the court can say. 

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--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Spy Bill Debate Comes to an End
To: klsmith2020 at yahoo.com, "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 12:01 AM

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:09 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I can't believe what I read on ABCnews.com - Spy Bill Debate Comes to
an End

  ACLU steps up:

  http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/35928prs20080709.html

  time to see if the supreme court still works.

  -jmz

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