ACLU Tips the Scales

Surprise, surprise! (The only surprise is that it's reported by the NY Times. Also reprinted in the Tribune) "Conflict of Interest Raised in N.S.A. ruling":

The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush’s eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given at least $125,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan, a watchdog group said Tuesday.

Background from Stop the ACLU who raised suspicions on this earlier.

The ACLU, tipping the scales of justice.

UPDATE: More on the questionable legal opinion of this judge from Powerline.