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Senate judiciary panel advances bill curbing state secrets privilege

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the State Secrets Protection Act [S 2533 materials; CRS summary], sending the legislation to the Senate floor for consideration. The legislation, approved by a 11-8 vote on Thursday, would place restrictions on when the executive can assert the so-called state secrets privilege [JURIST news archive] in lawsuits involving the federal

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 26, 2008 (boomark / email).

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