The Taylor Embarrassment Contributed by Bill Faith
See my previous related post .
The Taylor Embarrassment Ed Morrissey
The more people read of the opinion by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruling against the government in the NSA's terrorist surveillance program, the less impressed even the program's opponents become. Adam Liptak reports in the New York Times -- whose editorial board hailed Taylor's jurisprudence -- that legal analysts have for Taylor's reasoning:
Even legal experts who agreed with a federal judge’s conclusion on Thursday that a National Security Agency surveillance program is unlawful were distancing themselves from the decision’s reasoning and rhetoric yesterday.
They said the opinion overlooked important precedents, failed to engage the government’s major arguments, used circular reasoning, substituted passion for analysis and did not even offer the best reasons for its own conclusions.
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Bill Clinton Jimmy Carter, the gift that just keeps on giving.
(Thank you Gray Dog for the correction. I should learn to have my second cup before I touch the keyboard.)
Contributed by Bill Faith on August 19, 2006 at 09:47 AM in , , , |