The US Court for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision in favor of an Oregon-based Islamic nonprofit corporation challenging the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program. The US District Court for the...
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Federal judge awards damages to Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday ordered the US government to pay more than $2.5 million in damages and attorney's fees to an Islamic charity for...
Federal judge rules for Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted partial summary judgment Wednesday in favor of an Islamic charity that claimed the federal government illegally wiretapped its conversations without a...
Ninth Circuit denies challenge to ban on providing services to terrorist organizations
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled against a Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) challenge to former President George W. Bush's Executive Order 13224 , which prohibits unlicensed US groups...
Islamic charity seeks summary judgment on NSA wiretapping case
The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation on Wednesday filed a request for partial summary judgment concluding that the National Security Agency (NSA) illegally wiretapped several conversations between the charity and its...
Judge finds proper balance between due process and national security in Al-Haramain wiretapping case
Victor Comras : "Classified information and court rooms usually just don't mesh. And, this factor is at the very heart of the continuing dilemma we face in using our judicial system to deal with terrorism and...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday denied an appeal by the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking to stop a lawsuit brought by an...
Federal judge revives Islamic charity warrantless wiretapping lawsuit
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by...
Treasury Department must improve terrorism designation procedures
Victor Comras : "The process used to designate, and freeze the assets of, terrorists and those providing material support for terrorism, has come under serious judicial challenge here and abroad. The European Court of Justice recently...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon has ruled that the US Treasury Department's freezing of the assets of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation violated the organization's due processes rights because it...
