FISC records release consideration order [US FISC] News
FISC records release consideration order [US FISC]

In Re Motion for Release of Court Records, US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, August 16, 2007 [ruling that the FISC would consider an ACLU motion to release to the public hitherto-classified rulings on the extent of the US government's wiretapping authority]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.

NATO created

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization was created as a common alliance against communist encroachment into Europe. Today, NATO has 28 member nations, including former European communist states.