S.2533 - State Secrets Protection Act

A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: State Secrets Protection Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. as introduced.
  • Short: State Secrets Protection Act as reported to senate.

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12/15/08
LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4000 sources, including ...

It should also support legislative efforts, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533/H.R. 5607), to allow more meaningful judicial scrutiny when the privilege is invoked. The new administration should rewrite President Bush's ...

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12/11/08
Feingold Calls on President-Elect to Take "Concrete Steps' to ...

It should also support legislative efforts, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533/H.R. 5607), to allow more meaningful judicial scrutiny when the privilege is invoked. * The new administration should rewrite President Bush's ...

Source: YubaNet.com
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12/09/08
Feingold Calls on President-Elect to Take "Concrete Steps" to ...

It should also support legislative efforts, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533/H.R. 5607), to allow more meaningful judicial scrutiny when the privilege is invoked. The new administration should rewrite President Bush’s ...

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11/15/08
Inter arma enim silent leges

Retrieved October 14, 2008, from Congressional Record S.2533 110th Congress 2D Session: www.fas.org/irp/congress/2008_cr/statesec.html. The White House. (2005, April). Press Conference of the President. Retrieved October 14, 2008, ...

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10/24/08
EFF: Help Stop Bush's State Secrets Privilege Abuse | Crooks and Liars

Please do contact your Senator and urge them to support S. 2533: The State Secrets Protection Act, either through the EFF website or you can go here to contact them directly. Tags: Duke Cunningham, NSA Wiretapping ...

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10/11/08
EFF: Help Stop Bush's State Secrets Privilege Abuse | Crooks and Liars

Please do contact your Senator and urge them to support S. 2533: The State Secrets Protection Act, either through the EFF website or you can go here to contact them directly. Tags: Duke Cunningham, NSA Wiretapping ...

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09/29/08
The Posterity Project: Secrecy report card grades are in...

... Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007; S. 274: Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act; S. 3077: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008; S. 2533: State Secrets Protection Act ...

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09/26/08
Irregular Times: News » Senator Russell Feingold Speech: Restoring ...

With regard to this administration’s overuse of the state secrets privilege, University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone and many others recommend that Congress pass S. 2533, the State Secrets Protection Act, which was reported ...

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09/10/08
110th Congress Committee Reports

S.2774 - Federal Judgeship Act of 2008 (Senate Report 110-427, July 21, 2008); S.2533 - State Secrets Protection Act (Senate Report 110-442, August 1, 2008); S.2504 - Grant of Federal Charter to the Military Officers Association of ...

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09/04/08
EFF:

Lend your support to the State Secrets Protection Act (S.2533), which limits the scope of a government privilege being abused to cover up embarrassing and illegal government activity! Call the Senate Judiciary Committee and Demand ...

Source: EFF Alerts
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08/21/08
Senate Report Documents Problems with State Secrets Privilege

The report documents that the current administration has asserted the privilege "more frequently and broadly than before" and that reforms, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533), are necessary to restore the proper balance ...

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07/20/08
WashingtonWatch.com Digest - July 21, 2008 - The WashingtonWatch ...

Costs $0.00 per family. S. 2533 The State Secrets Protection Act Costs $0.00 per family. S. 2489 The Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act Costs $0.05 per family ...

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07/13/08
S. 2533

S. 2533. State Secrets Protection Act. As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 24, 2008. CBO estimates that implementing S. 2533 would have no significant impact on the federal. budget. ...

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07/13/08
S. 2533, State Secrets Protection Act

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 24, 2008.

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07/02/08
First Amendment Law Prof Blog: The History and Future of the State ...

In January of this year, Senators Kennedy and Specter introduced the State Secrets Protection Act, S. 2533, which seeks to accommodate the competing demands of government and litigants in a way that avoids needless frustration of ...

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06/19/08
EFF:

Lend your support to the State Secrets Protection Act (S.2533), which limits the scope of a government privilege being abused to cover up embarrassing and illegal government activity! Call the Senate Judiciary Committee and Demand ...

Source: EFF Alerts
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05/25/08
How the Government Passes Secret Laws

That's why he's pushing for the passage of the State Secrets Protection Act -- S. 2533 -- which aims to balance conflicting interests of secrecy and public disclosure. "The rule of law, after all, is one of the fundamental principles ...

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05/25/08
How the Government Is Passing Secret Laws

That's why he's pushing for the passage of the State Secrets Protection Act -- S. 2533 -- which aims to balance conflicting interests of secrecy and public disclosure. "The rule of law, after all, is one of the fundamental principles ...

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05/21/08
How the Government Is Passing Secret Laws

That’s why he’s pushing for the passage of the State Secrets Protection Act – S. 2533 — which aims to balance conflicting interests of secrecy and public disclosure. “The rule of law, after all, is one of the fundamental principles

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05/19/08
How the Government Is Passing Secret Laws | War On You

That’s why he’s pushing for the passage of the State Secrets Protection Act — S. 2533 — which aims to balance conflicting interests of secrecy and public disclosure. “The rule of law, after all, is one of the fundamental principles

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05/19/08
Standoff at the Federal Election Commission Senate Majority Leader ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved the bipartisan Kennedy-Specter-Leahy State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533).�The Act would provide federal courts with a set of tools to resolve civil cases in which the Government ...

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05/13/08
Secret Laws, Secret Courts, Secret Constitution

The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved the bipartisan Kennedy-Specter-Leahy State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533). The Act would provide federal courts with a set of tools to resolve civil cases in which the Government ...

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05/13/08
Secret Laws, Secret Courts, Secret Constitution

by Justin Florence, Fellow at the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved the bipartisan Kennedy-Specter-Leahy State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533) . ...

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05/05/08
Congresspedia Preview: This Week in Congress (April. 12 - 18, 2008 ...

To hold hearings to examine S.2533, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S.702, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to State courts to develop and implement State courts interpreter programs, ...

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04/29/08
ACLU Urges Senate Committee to Pass Strong State Secrets Bill ...

The committee should vote Senator Kennedy’s bill out of committee and send it to the floor as soon as possible." To read the ACLU’s letter to the Committee on S. 2533, go to: http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/34759leg20080403.html ...

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04/26/08
Congresspedia Preview: This Week in Congress (April. 18 - 25, 2008 ...

Business meeting to consider S.2533, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S.702, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to State courts to develop and implement State courts interpreter programs ...

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04/24/08
Senate Judiciary Panel Passes “State Secrets Protection Act”

On April 24, 2008, the Senate Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 11-8, voted to approve S. 2533, the “State Secrets Protection Act.” The state secrets privilege allows the executive branch to block discovery in civil litigation when the ...

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04/23/08
State Secrets Protection Act

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the State Secrets Protection Act (S.2533) and sent it to the floor. Finally, Congress has stepped up to try and restore balance in cases against the government. I'm sure the administration ...

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04/23/08
Committee passes 'State Secrets' bill

That makes the future of the measure, S. 2533, unclear. The Senate has a lot on its plate and little time to get it all done as the calendar becomes increasingly dominated by elections in the fall. Read the Wikipedia entry on the State ...

Source: The Swamp
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04/23/08
State Secrets Finally Gets Some Spotlight with the Senate

We have an excellent backgrounder on the State Secrets privilege, and you can learn more about the Rahman case on the ACLU of Illinois' website. Urge your senators to support S. 2533. Without it, the courthouse doors will continue to be ...

Source: ACLU Blog
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