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NSA Secret Wiretap Program Held Unconstitutional - Washington, DC (August 17, 2006) – As plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to enjoin the government’s warrantless wiretapping program, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and its members are grateful for today’s courageous decision by U.S. Judge Anna Biggs Taylor. Judge Taylor held the secret “terrorist surveillance program” (TSP) unconstitutional under the First and Fourth Amendments...
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of Petitioner.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of defendant-appellant.
Joint amicus curiae brief filed by NACDL, ACLU, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of respondent Xavier Alvarez.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Appellant Tarek Mehanna and reversal of his conviction.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent.
Brief of Amicus Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brief of Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice, American Library Association, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Freedom to Read Foundation, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Ninth Circuit Federal and Community Defenders, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Support of Defendant-Appellant and Reversal.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Prison Law Office, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Arizona in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Nick Mangiaracina; and in Support of Reversal.
Brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari)
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, National Disability Rights network, and Disability Rights Wisconsin
Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae and Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari)
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Evelyn Sineneng-Smith and Reversal of the Judgment Below.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Ninth Circuit Federal Public and Community Defenders, and Professor Erwin Chemerinsky in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.
