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Subject: [IP] Re: BEST LAW MONAY CAN BUY -- Senate votes Telecom immunity




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From: Randall Webmail <rvh40@insightbb.com>
Date: February 12, 2008 8:51:12 PM EST
Subject: 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.

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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>

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>
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>
> 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}
>
>
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> 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
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