Judicial Watch, a nonpartisan foundation based in Washington, D.C., claims that Federal Judge, Anna Diggs Taylor, who struck down a government wiretap program last week, may have a conflict of interest because of her financial ties to a plaintiff involved in the case. Taylor is the secretary and a trustee on the board of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, which has given money to the ACLU Michigan office, including a $45,000 grant to support gay and lesbian rights. Robert Sedler, Wayne State University constitutional law professor, said the statement by Judicial Watch had no merit. \"By no stretch of the imagination is this a conflict of interest,\" Sedler said, adding that the real motive for the group\'s claims may be politics. \"Conservative groups are upset that the Bush administration has lost another case in the so-called war on terrorism.\"