program would be well within the bounds of the constitution. so i think while sit a slap down at the nsa program, the obama administration could appeal this case. if it does it stands a 50/50 chance of winning. because as i say all of the previous cases are on the side of the nsa here. all of them say because the collection of this information is limited to incoming and outgoing phone numbers, no content is listened to, that it is not a violation of the fourth ammendment privacy protections. so the obama administration could clearly appeal this case. if they do i think they stand a pretty good chance of winning. if they want to take a look at what judge leon says in the decision, i think the obama administration could figure out how to limit this program. remember, president obama is not an idea log, he is a pragmatist.
1979 when meta data was first held constitutional, the world has changed and this amount of information allows the government to create a virtual identity of american citizens that use any kind of telephone and so that is invasive of the fourth amendment. i think again, it s somewhat lichlted finding for the following reason. if they were to find ways of limiting the invasion or the collection of data for u.s. citizens for which there is no suspicion whatsoever and if it were to demonstrate that the program was effective in stopping terrorism, then even judge leon says that this program would be well within the bounds of the constitution. so i think while sit a slap down at the nsa program, the obama
suspected terrorists outside of the united states. while this is a slap down of the nsa program for sure, i think the critics are popping champagne bottles too quickly. most of the cases going back to 1979 but even a couple of cases floating through the courts have held that this is perfectly constitutional even without a court order or a warrant. remember in this case you had authorization of the actual collection of this meta data. but secondly what the court seems to be saying here is not so much that the collection per say is unconstitutional, it s the way in which the nsa was carrying out the programs. in other words, the nsa is keeping telephone records, that is the numbers of outgoing and incoming phone calls on most americans for up to five years. this information is regularly updated. and again, it catches most americans who use cell phones or land lines. what the court is saying since
somewhat tied up for the month. we re asking for a little more time given the way the court had proceeded. we were still litigating the admissibility of evidence after the jury selection began. we certainly couldn t have taken mr. crump s testimony during the trial day. the court doesn t expect mr. o mara or myself to leave the courtroom to you ve left for other reasons. now i have a jury sequestered that will be off on thursday and you don t want court on friday. that s saturday, sunday. i m not doing that. we ask the court end of discussion. she really ended that quickly. a nice slap down by judge debra nelson. they will be in court on friday as well despite this appeal from don west, the defense attorney. jeffrey, what did you think of that little exchange? three cheers for judge fisher. judges need to respect the time of jurors.
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