Government Wants More Time To Respond To X’s National Security Certiorari Petition

Mealey's (October 16, 2023, 1:37 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Filing a motion on behalf of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its Director Christopher Wray on Oct. 13, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an extra month to respond to a petition for certiorari in which X. Corp. (formerly Twitter Inc.) questions the constitutionality of being barred from disclosing certain information about its compliance with national security letters (NSLs) served on it by the FBI....