http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/government?feed=rss&pg=18 garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "government" on Netvouz http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8463&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=pr&JServSessionIdr005=cs0zzb0p71.app13a A federal appeals court has held that a Bible display outside a Texas county courthouse violates the separation of church and state. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a religious memorial outside the Harris County Civil Courthouse violates the First Amendment principle of church-state separation. Aug 16, 2006 garoldstone Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:38:44 GMT http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/26489prs20060817.html In an American Civil Liberties Union case, a federal court today ruled that the Bush administration’s program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional and must be stopped. This is the first ruling by a federal court to strike down the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program. Aug 17, 2006 garoldstone Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:43:24 GMT http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/31580prs20070906.html A federal court today struck down the amended Patriot Act's National Security Letter (NSL) provision. The law has permitted the FBI to issue NSLs demanding private information about people within the United States without court approval, and to gag those who receive NSLs from discussing them. The court found that the gag power was unconstitutional and that because the statute prevented courts from engaging in meaningful judicial review of gags, it violated the First Amendment and the principle of separation of powers. garoldstone Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:46:50 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200877.html?nav=rss_print/asection garoldstone Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:26:56 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/politics/04nsa.html?ex=1139979600&en=f1635bb4b1bfa895&ei=5070 The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, to expand its domestic surveillance operations in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to declassified documents released Tuesday. New York Times Jan 4, 2006 Registration Required garoldstone Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:23:14 GMT http://www.9-11pdp.org/press/2005-12-05_report.pdf www.9-11pdp.org Dec 5, 2005 garoldstone Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:43:56 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110301143.html Americans pay more when they get sick than people in other Western nations and get more confused, error-prone treatment, according to the largest survey to compare U.S. health care with other nations. Washington Post November 4, 2005; Page A02 garoldstone Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:54:12 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/international/middleeast/11sultan.html?pagewanted=1&_r=5 New York Times (p)(f) garoldstone Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:20:40 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200928_pf.html One of the original seven military police soldiers singled out by the Pentagon for their roles in abusive techniques, Ambuhl is speaking out because she believes the truth has been obscured by high-ranking officials intent on covering up a policy of abuse. Washington Post January 23, 2006; A03 garoldstone Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:51:20 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051701928.html?sub=AR A senior official in U.S. President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in suppressing votes in a key U.S. Senate race, a scandal that Democrats charge may involve the White House. May 17, 2006 garoldstone Tue, 30 May 2006 17:46:02 GMT