FISA: And Now We Sue

One hour after President Bush signed into law an unconstitutional domestic wiretapping bill, the ACLU hit the courts with a landmark lawsuit challenging it.

We like how ACLU President Anthony D. Romero put it – “Cowed by the Bush administration’s pre-election scare tactics, the Senate passed freedom-stealing FISA legislation undermining your Fourth Amendment rights. This is not a “compromise,” as some in Congress would have us believe. The only thing they compromised is your freedom.”

So. If Congress and the President aren’t willing to stand up for the Constitution, we are. We’ll need your help. These links below will help you get up to speed.

Watch Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU National Security Project, explain our FISA lawsuit.

Read Glenn Greenwald’s take on our action, and listen to his podcast with Jameel.

Download a copy of the complaint, Amnesty et. al. v. McConnell. (pdf)

Download a copy of our motion to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. (pdf)

— Pam Noles, Jul 11, 11:05 AM   

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