Legal Quote of the Day
Received through a criminal defense lawyers' listserv today, a quote worth remembering from the recent opinion in Center For Nat. Security Studies v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2002 WL 1773067 D.D.C.,2002. Aug. 2, 2002:
"Difficult times such as these have always tested our fidelity to the core democratic values of openness, government accountability, and the rule of law.
The Court fully understands and appreciates that the first priority of the executive branch in a time of crisis is to ensure the physical security of its citizens. By the same token, the first priority of the judicial branch must be to ensure that our Government always operates within the statutory and constitutional constraints which distinguish a democracy from a dictatorship."
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