An obviously liberal judge is attempting to open up our national secrets and defenses to our enemies:

The American Civil Liberties Union in Detroit and the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York filed lawsuits against the program in January, saying it violates Americans’ rights to free speech and to privacy.

In March, the plaintiffs asked the judge to declare the National Security Agency’s program illegal. They said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requires that the spy agency go to a secret court in order to spy within the United States.

The government filed a motion saying that no court can consider the issues because of a privilege against revealing state secrets, if doing so harms national security. The judge said she will hear the government’s motion only after proceeding with a June 12 hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion to summarily declare the spying illegal.

Am I worried? Not really – not yet at least. The judge here is trying to be cute. She may soon find out about a little thing called separation of powers. My guess is the DoJ is done responding to her. She will hold her little hearing and declare the NSA broke the law. Then what? Appeals court seems the next step where it will be thrown out. Zzzzzzz.

Addendum:  As expected:

In the interview, Gonzales also said the Justice Department will continue to fight a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s surveillance program.

More on this in a follow up post.