Unfortunately, it's the outrageous stories like this one or the $ 65 million pants suit
brought by administrative law judge Roy Pearson against his dry cleaner that gain so much press and, ultimately, tarnish the reputation of all of us lawyers.
Senior U.S. District
Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, ruling in a case
brought against the Bush administration
by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, issued a 44 - page opinion finding that the National Security Agency's wiretap program violates the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution, the separation of powers doctrine, statutory
law and the
Administrative Procedures Act.