Court ruling endorses Bush surveillance policy
Legal News Center
A special appeals court for the first time has upheld a Bush administration program of warrantless surveillance.
In a ruling released Thursday, the court embraced the Protect America Act of 2007, which required telecommunications providers to assist the government for national security purposes in intercepting international phone calls and e-mails to and from points overseas.
The decision, which involves the gathering of foreign intelligence, was made last August but only released Thursday after it had been edited to omit classified information.
An unidentified telecommunications company had challenged the law.
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review said the time needed to get a court warrant would hinder the government's ability to collect time-sensitive information, impeding vital national security interests.
The challenge to the law has presented no evidence of any actual harm or any broad potential for abuse, the court's three judges concluded.
Related listings
-
MA judge OKs streaming of music-swapping hearing
Legal News Center 01/15/2009A federal judge on Wednesday authorized the first online streaming of oral arguments in a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts in a copyright infringement lawsuit that pits a Boston University graduate student against the music recording industry.U.S...
-
Appeals court sides with Anadarko on oil royalties
Legal News Center 01/14/2009A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of oil producer Anadarko Petroleum in a case that could prevent the government from collecting billions in royalties on oil and natural gas leases. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a lo...
-
Court limits use of law aimed at career criminals
Legal News Center 01/13/2009The Supreme Court has ruled that a failure to report for prison does not count as a violent crime under a federal law intended to keep repeat criminals in prison longer. A unanimous court on Tuesday threw out a mandatory 15-year prison term given to ...
Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.