On May 17, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
> RE: "As for the DOJ's first argument -- lack of standing -- the court
> found that the plaintiffs are already suffering substantial injury
> from the reasonable fear that they could be indefinitely detained
> under section 1021 of the NDAA as a result of their constitutionally
> protected activities."
>
> [WS:] I am not a lawyer...
That is obvious. The judges finding was explicitly based on the Obama attorney's repeated refusal to state that Ellsburgh, Hedges, et. al. had no reason to fear that their free speech activities would lead them to be persecuted under this law.
> ...but I sincerely doubt this argument will stand in the high court.
So do I, because it is a very rare judge who rules according to the law in "national security" matters.
> Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64