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Blog: An analysis of United States v. U.S. District Court

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

"Unconstitutional Surveillance & United States v. U.S. District Court: Who The Winner Is May Be A Secret"–-Parts 1, 2, 3, all linked here. Given the current surveillance state situation in America, the Keith case, formally known as United States v. U.S. District Court, is one of the most important cases from our recent past. But I don't really believe you can understand or know the law of a case, without really understanding the facts. The Keith case doesn't have simple facts, but they are fascinating and instructive. So bear with me--this is going to take awhile, and will be laid out over a series of four posts. This case is referred to by lawyers as the "Keith" case because Keith was the real party in interest.

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on October 24, 2010 (boomark / email).