NSA Wiretapping, State Secrets, and the First Amendment: ACS Moot Court

February 23, 2009 • 12:15 PM • Law School 3037

1Ls James Pearce and Qais Ghafary will argue the case of United States v. Society for Justice in the Middle East, before Professors Scott Silliman and H. Jefferson Powell. The case asks whether the State Secrets doctrine bars the lawsuit and if the National Security Administration's wiretapping program violates the First Amendment. For more information, contact Christopher Leach at christopher.leach@law.duke.edu.