United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southerndivision and Honorable Damon J. Keith

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this case is the power of the Attorney General of the United States as agent of the President to authorize wiretapping in internal security matters without judicial sanction.

This case has importance far beyond its facts or the litigants concerned.

If decided in favor of the government, the citizens of these United States lose the protection of an independent judicial review of the cause and reasonableness of secret recordation by federal law enforcement of thoughts and expressions which had been uttered in privacy. If it is decided in favor of the respondent,…