Congressman, Advisory Group Seek 3rd Circuit Rehearing Over Email Search Warrant

Mealey's (October 23, 2015, 1:20 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — In an Oct. 23 amicus curiae brief, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives (BLAG) strongly urged the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to rehear en banc a congressman’s challenge of a discovery order allowing the Federal Bureau of Investigation access to his email account in a corruption investigation, arguing that the “broad and absolute protections” of the speech or debate clause of the U.S. Constitution precluded such discovery (In the Matter of the Search of Electronic Communications [Both Sent and Received] in the Account of ChakaFattah@gmail.com at Internet Service Provider Google Inc., No. 14-3752, 3rd Cir.)....