David L. Faigman Quotes
Scientific issues are litigated far more often than constitutional ones.
David L. Faigman, Legal and Scientific Scholar, "A Way to Sort Out Science From Spin," The Washington Post, August 22, 1999
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Some democratic cultures are very distrustful of government bureaucracies and prefer to resolve conflicts through the courts where the process in in general much more transparent. The U. S. is not the only example. Israel is even more litigious.
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Powell was the Secretary of State and Addington kept advising the administration that as long as the President was acting in defense of the country in his capacity as Commander in Chief, he did not have to obey any existing laws that had been Constitutionally passed which in the opinion of the President restricted or limited the President or the executive branch. Addington was an attorney and Assistant to the Vice President, but he was given much responsibility for administration policy. Powell the Secretary of State of the Administration could not have disagreed more and although most politicians including Republicans disagreed with the Addington thesis, Powell was one of the few Republicans to criticize the Addington position.
The FBI had obtained a court order requiring apple to write software that could hack into a person's iPhone. Apple, with most other hi-tech companies in support, filed a motion with the court opposing the order. The FBI shortly thereafter withdrew its request for the order saying that they had found other solutions, when they had originally told the court that there were no other solutions.
