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Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale

U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
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  • Tuesday, July 8, 2008 09:40 PM

    retroactive immunity unconstitutional?

    I have heard it suggested by a lawyer (but IANAL, so I don't really know if it's legitimate) that the retroactive immunity that will likely be passed tomorrow would not pass constitutional muster, due to not having any sort of victim's compensation (a la the 9/11 victim's compensation fund).

    Can you speak to that? And if that does seem true, would you all pursue that line of attack?

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