Staff / TruthdigAug 18, 2006
A federal judge ruled that the nation's top cigarette makers have been violating racketeering laws and lying to the public about the effects of smoking, but legal restrictions prevented her from slapping the companies with billions in fines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 17, 2006
A federal judge in Detroit ruled that the government's eavesdropping program is illegal and unconstitutional, and ordered an immediate halt to it.
Check out constitutional scholar and bestselling author Glenn Greenwald's stellar analysis and opinion roundup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2006
Don't get too excited. The judge made the ruling on procedural grounds--not on a question of civil rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Blair Golson / TruthdigMar 18, 2006
A federal appeals court allows the state of Tennessee to offer anti-abortion license plates that read, "Choose Life." The court says that although the decision to offer the plates may be ill-advised, it does not contravene the First Amendment.
Of all the odd places for an abortion-rights battle to show up, state license plates has to be atop the list. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2006
A federal judge says he will require the search engine company to provide the government with some search-query data in connection with the Justice Dept.'s attempts to revive an online child pornography law. It's unclear what kind of and how much data the judge will order turned over.
That strange shifting underneath your feet? It's the slippery slope we're all sliding down, toward an Orwellian future.
Truthdig's Google expert Mark Malseed has the skinny on the implications of this battle. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 10, 2006
"It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings," former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told a Georgetown audience, according to an NPR report. (Hat tip: Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 6, 2006
Newly released documents from the Ford administration show that it, too, tried to eavesdrop without warrants. | storyAnd in an "apple doesn't fall far from the tree" moment, then-CIA Director George H.W. Bush "complained that some major communications companies were unwilling to install government wiretaps without a judge's approval," according to the article. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 4, 2006
How convenient: Scooter's day in court gets pushed off until after the midterm congressional elections because one of his lawyers has a "scheduling conflict." | storyUPDATE: New documents shed more light on Libby's perfidies. | report Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 10, 2006
Ted Kennedy counters: "Time and again, even in routine matters involving average Americans, you give enormous, almost total deference to the exercise of governmental powers." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 21, 2005
It's good to know that some of our judges are standing up to the fundamentalists A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled today that a public school district can't require the inclusion of "intelligent design" in biology classes as an alternative to evolution See story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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