Ginzburg Denies Request To Lift Gag Order; Appeal Will Proceed In Second Circuit

On Friday Justice Ruth Bader Ginzburg rejected the request of the ACLU, its client “John Doe”, and other parties in the Doe v. Gonzales “Patriot Act” case to lift a gag order preventing Doe from speaking about a National Security Letter s/he had received and is allowing the case to proceed in the 2nd Circuit. While Ginzburg said that Doe made “cogent” arguments in support of lifting the order, she also determined that the case was proceeding quickly through the court system. Read the opinion here.  Read more about the case, including Judge Janet Hall’s original ruling lifting the gag order, here. The library originally brought the proceeding after receiving an FBI demand for individual user information.