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Re: BEST LAW MONAY CAN BUY -- Senate votes Telecom immunity
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:20:36 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Randall Webmail <rvh40 () insightbb com> Date: February 12, 2008 8:51:12 PM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] BEST LAW MONAY CAN BUY -- Senate votes Telecom immunity
While GWB could (and would be expected to) use his pardon power to make any criminal prosecutions go away - the Senate just gave AT&T a free pass for civil liability as well.
----- Original Message ----- From: David Farber <dave () farber net> Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 20:34 Subject: [IP] BEST LAW MONAY CAN BUY -- Senate votes Telecom immunity To: ip <ip () v2 listbox com> > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jonathan Ezor <jezor () tourolaw edu> > Date: February 12, 2008 4:54:16 PM EST > To: dave () farber net > Subject: RE: [IP] BEST LAW MONAY CAN BUY -- Senate votes > Telecom > immunity > > What an incredible disgrace. I am appalled that > particularly the > Democratic > majority in the Senate is giving a pass to potential illegal > conduct > by the > telecom companies, and therefore implicitly endorsing the > many > breaches of > the Constitution and other laws by the Bush Administration in > the > alleged > name of "homeland security." While I would not be > surprised to see > President > Bush use his pardon power to undo any resulting convictions, > to > retroactively > immunize these companies from even the potential for prosecution > is > not only > damaging to the rule of law, but makes it less likely that the > Americanpeople will ever be able to truly find out how many of > our civil > liberties > have been trampled upon. {Jonathan} > > > ------------------- > Prof. Jonathan I. Ezor > Assistant Professor of Law and Technology > Director, Institute for Business, Law and Technology (IBLT) > Touro Law Center > 225 Eastview Drive, Central Islip, NY 11722 > Direct: 631-761-7119 Fax: 516-977-3001 > e-mail: jezor () tourolaw edu > > > > ------------------------------------------- > Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now > RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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