Anna Diggs Taylor

Anna Diggs Taylor

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that murdered nearly three thousand men, women, and children, Anna Diggs Taylor decided to become a footnote in American history.

She, a Jimmy Carter appointee, forever will have the dubious distinction of being the first judge to rule that a government program to get terrorists before they get to us is unconstitutional.

Anna Diggs Taylor -- hero to terrorists and Leftists.

DETROIT (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.

"Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear, in this matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution," Taylor wrote in her 43-page opinion.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, which involves secretly listening to conversations between people in the U.S. and people in other countries.

The government argued that the program is well within the president's authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.

The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the Bush administration had already publicly revealed enough information about the program for Taylor to rule on the case.

"By holding that even the president is not above the law, the court has done its duty," said Ann Beeson, the ACLU's associate legal director and the lead attorney for the plaintiffs.

The NSA's terrorist surveillance program is not about placing President Bush above the law.

It's about preventing horrors like we witnessed on 9/11.

It's so there won't be more 911 calls of panicked, helpless people begging for assistance, fearing and knowing that they are going to die.

Beeson and her ACLU buddies want to twist the NSA program into a sinister power grab by the Bush administration. It's sick.

As Judge Diggs Taylor, Ann Beeson, Russ Feingold, and like-minded individuals attempt to thwart our government's efforts to keep us safe and SAVE LIVES, no doubt enemies of freedom and peace like Osama bin Laden, Hassan Nasrallah, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Bashar Assad are pleased to have their assistance.

I assume that the government will do as Beeson predicts, "appeal the wiretapping ruling and request that the order to halt the program be postponed while the case makes its way through the system."

That would be a victory for us and a defeat for the American Left and the terrorists.
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Anna Diggs Taylor

Title: U.S. district judge, Detroit

Age: 73

Background: In 1979, she became the first black woman to be appointed as a federal district judge in Michigan. She was appointed by President Jimmy Carter. Before that, she was a lawyer, civil rights worker, county and federal prosecutor, City of Detroit staff lawyer and congressional office manager.

Family: She has two adult children and is married to S. Martin Taylor, former director of the Michigan Department of Labor and former vice president of Detroit Edison. He also is a University of Michigan regent.

News: Taylor ruled Thursday that the Bush administration's controversial National Security Agency domestic spying program is unconstitutional. The landmark ruling, according to legal experts, is likely to be overturned on appeal.