Federal judge rules case against Bush may continue

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This is a few months old at this point, but I'm not sure how I missed it:

 

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/judge-sufficien.html

 

The saga of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush continues. Basically, two guys working for an Islamic charity were accidentally sent a top secret document which shows they were being spied on by Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. They sued. Previously a federal judge ruled Bush was guilty, but the case was appealed and has now reached the district court level (i.e. one level below the Supreme Court)

 

A US district court judge has ruled sufficient evidence exists for the case to continue.

 

I wonder if it will reach the Supreme Court, and wonder more specifically what would happen if the Supreme Court found Bush to be guilty.

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Unlike the Justice Department stuff we talked about earlier, I'm in favor of allowing this to continue.

 

(Not that it particularly matters what I think, I suppose, but I just thought I'd go on record.)

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I ... wonder more specifically what would happen if the Supreme Court found Bush to be guilty.

A bit pedantic, but the Supreme Court can't find Bush to be guilty in the case of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush for the simple reason that this a civil lawsuit, not a criminal case.

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A bit pedantic...

 

Yes, that's incredibly pedantic. You want me to rephrase it as "rule in favor of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation"? Does it really make any difference?