People's Energy and Standing

Litigation by the City of Chicago and State of Illinois has ended in a settlement requiring People's Energy to pay $100 million to over charged customers.

No, you weren't imagining it. You were overcharged.

Sure enough, it all started with Enron.

Now, decide if you think ComEd should be deregulated and allowed into that energy auction scheme they so want, sort of like the energy auction scheme Enron favored. Ah, maybe we ought to trust Lisa Madigan on that one.

Litigation began against the NSA today (speaking of litigation). Several attorneys who fall into the class of people described by NSA as potential spy targets have filed a lawsuit through the Center for Constitutional Rights. The big question will be whether or not the attorneys will have standing to sue not absolutely knowing that they were victims. A court could decide that since only NSA has the data, they will have to provide the evidence. ACLU has sued as well. There is also a potential issue whether or not organizations like CCR and ACLU have standing to sue. Courts have decided in favor of such standing in the past, but it could be an issue as Bush Administration pressures the federal courts to provide it cover. Now that politics is more important than law and governing it's hard to see whether law will prevail.

Don't think Alito's nomination is important enough to fight? Think Democrats need to give that one up to stay viable in the 2006 elections? Don't want to anger the gop? Upset the Senate? Think again and turn down your heat.