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April 05, 2006
Schumer's bill would speed up challenge to Bush's surveillance program
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a bill last week that would speed up legal challenges to Bush's Nional Security Agency surveillance program all the way to the Supreme Court. The New York Times reports that the bill would allow for a three-judge panel to review a case, which then could be appealed to the high court. Here's an excerpt:
The bill would permit lawsuits by scholars, journalists and others who assert that they have refrained from calls or e-mail messages to Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries because of "a reasonable fear" of N.S.A. eavesdropping.
Posted by Faith Okpotor at April 5, 2006 04:03 PM
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