The federal judge who ruled the anti-terrorism wiretapping program unconstitutional has been smacked.


    The Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday.

    The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ...said that they balanced the likelihood an appeal would succeed, the potential damage to both sides, and the public interest.


This would indicate that the appeals court found that continuation of the program would cause less harm than stopping it.

As a result, they granted a lengthy stay on enforcement of the lower court's order while the government appeals the decision of the Carter appointee and ACLU contributor.

So the Administration's anti-terror efforts may continue.