AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE

Nos. 06-2095, 06-2140.

467 F.3d 590 (2006)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN; COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS; COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF MICHIGAN; GREENPEACE, INCORPORATED; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS; JAMES BAMFORD; LARRY DIAMOND; CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS; TARA McKELVEY; BARNETT R. RUBIN, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, CROSS-APPELLANTS, v. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE; KEITH B. ALEXANDER, GENERAL, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND CHIEF OF THE CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, CROSS-APPELLEES.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Filed: October 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randal L. Gainer, Davis, Wright & Tremaine, Seattle, WA.; Ann Beeson, Jameel Jaffer, Melissa Goodman, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.; Michael J. Steinberg, Kary L. Moss, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Detroit, MI, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

Thomas M. Bondy, Douglas N. Letter, Anthony A. Yang, Andrew H. Tannenbaum, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Jay A. Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice, Washington, DC, for AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE, Amicus Curiae

Andrew G. McBride, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES, THE CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY, THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC DANGER, Amicus Curiae.

Paul D. Kamenar, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, Amicus Curiae.

Paul J. Orfanedes, Meredith L. DiLiberto, Judicial Watch, Washington, DC, for JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Amicus Curiae.

John C. Eastman, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, CA, for THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE, Amicus Curiae.

Larry J. Saylor, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, for ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION, THE BEVERLY HILLS BAR ASSOCIATION, Amicus Curiae.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES AND THE CONSTITUTION PROJECT, Amicus Curiae.

Saul A. Green, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, for ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE, ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE, THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, A.Amicus Curiae.

Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, for CURTIS A. BRADLEY, DAVID COLE, RONALD DWORKIN, RICHARD A. EPSTEIN, HAROLD HONGJU KOH, PHILIP B. HEYMANN, MARTIN S. LEDERMAN, BETH NOLAN, WILLIAM S. SESSIONS, GEOFFREY R. STONE, LAURENCE H. TRIBE, WILLIAM W. VAN ALSTYNE, CAROLYN S. BRATT, REBECCA L. BROWN, MELVYN R. DURCHSLAG, DAVID GOLDBERGER, MADELINE KOCHEN, JOAN MAHONEY, SAMUEL A. MARCOSSON, CHRISTOPHER J. PETERS, CEDRIC MERLIN POWELL, ROBERT A. SEDLER, ENID TRUCIOS-HAYNES, JONATHAN WEINBERG, Amicus Curiae

Lucy A. Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, for THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, Amicus Curiae

Randal L. Gainer, Davis, Wright & Tremaine, Seattle, WA.; Ann Beeson, Jameel Jaffer, Melissa Goodman, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Gregory G. Garre, Thomas M. Bondy, Douglas N. Letter, Anthony A. Yang, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER, GILMAN, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The government moves for a stay pending appeal of the district court's order holding the Terrorist Surveillance Program unconstitutional and permanently enjoining the Government from utilizing the Program "in any way, including, but not limited to, conducting warrantless wiretaps of telephone and intemet communications, in contravention of [FISA and Title III]."

In considering whether a stay pending appeal should issue, we balance the traditional factors...

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