---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:40 PM Subject: [Cryptography] EFF, ACLU to Present Oral Argument in NSA Spying Case on Nov. 4 To: cryptography@metzdowd.com, gnu@toad.com Cryptography followers are invited to attend this court hearing in Washington, DC on November 4, opposing NSA's mass collection of telephone records. Observe government lawyers using twisted arguments and new meanings of simple words to justify spooky outrageous behavior! Support civil rights attorneys using principled arguments rooted in constitutional and societal norms to defend YOUR rights! Perceive the wheels of justice or just-us grinding the constitution into effect or into irrelevance! Show the judges and the press that the public cares whether NSA gets away with using totalitarian methods! See the constitutional issues around mass surveillance actually be discussed in an open, public court that actually hears from someone other than the government! The good guys won this case at the district court (the judge declared the NSA's actions unconstitutional), and the government had to appeal it to stop the ruling from killing off the program. This case could be very interesting, and these judges could make the final decision if the Supreme Court decides not to review their decision. Please be respectful, wear a costume (banker or politician duds suggested), and arrive without contraband, weapons, penknives, cameras, nor most other tools for resisting official oppression. Bring either a lawyer (who can sign you in) or bring unconstitutionally required identifying documents, or the US Marshals at the door will not admit you to this "public trial". I won't be there (wrong coast), but perhaps a DC local will organize a nearby place to have lunch afterward and discuss the hearing. John Gilmore Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Friday, October 31, 2014 Contact: Dave Maass Media Relations Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation press@eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x177 Media Alert: EFF, ACLU to Present Oral Argument in NSA Spying Case on Nov. 4 Court Should Rule That Mass Telephone Records Collection Is Unconstitutional in Klayman v. Obama Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will appear before a federal appeals court next week to argue the National Security Agency (NSA) should be barred from its mass collection of telephone records of million of Americans. The hearing in Klayman v. Obama is set for 9:30 am on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Washington, D.C. Appearing as an amicus, EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn will present oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on behalf of EFF and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which submitted a joint brief in the case. Conservative activist and lawyer Larry Klayman filed the suit in the aftermath of the first Edward Snowden disclosure, in which The Guardian revealed how the NSA was collecting telephone records on a massive scale from the telecommunications company Verizon. In December, District Court Judge Richard Leon issued a preliminary injunction in the case, declaring that the mass surveillance program was likely unconstitutional. EFF argues that the call-records collection, which the NSA conducts with claimed authority under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, violates the Fourth Amendment rights of millions of Americans. Separately, EFF is counsel in two other lawsuits against the program -- Jewel v. NSA and First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. NSA -- and is co-counsel with the ACLU in a third, Smith v. Obama. What: Oral Argument in Klayman v. Obama Who: EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn When: 9:30 am (ET), Nov. 4, 2014 Where: E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse and William B. Bryant Annex Courtroom 20 333 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20001 For background and legal documents: https://www.eff.org/cases/klayman-v-obama The audio of the oral arguments is expected to be available on the court's website sometime after the hearing: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings.nsf/ For this release: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/media-alert-eff-aclu-present-oral-argumen... About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading organization protecting civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, we defend free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of digital innovators, and work to ensure that the rights and freedoms we enjoy are enhanced, rather than eroded, as our use of technology grows. EFF is a member-supported organization. Find out more at https://www.eff.org. _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography