June 22, 2006

Bush: Move all spy cases to D.C.

Wayne State University Law Professor Robert Sedler commented about the Bush administration's desire to consolidate all court challenges to domestic spying programs operated by the National Security Agency into one case in Washington, D.C. If they succeed, a motion in Detroit for the U.S. Department of Justice would move a challenge by a host of plaintiffs to the federal district court in Washington. Sedler said this seems very unprecedented. "Typically, the (multidistrict) panel gets involved when there are claims arising from the same incident, like an airline crash. These are constitutional cases, and the facts differ from case to case." A photo of Sedler was included.

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