Gag Order in Library Records Case Stands (for now)

In Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Reveal Plaintiff in Library-Records Lawsuit (The Chronicle), David Glenn reports:

The anonymous plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the federal government's right to search patrons' library records lost a skirmish on Friday, when the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal that would have allowed the plaintiff to identify itself publicly.

The Supreme Court's action stifles the plaintiff's desire to to testify about the Patriot Act before Congress. Time for a wee bit of civil disobedience.

The case will be heard in the Second Circuit next month

BTW In September, New York Times reported in September that the plaintiff was probably Library Connection Inc., a book-sharing consortium of public and academic libraries based in Windsor, Conn.

Members of the Library Connection are

Avon Free Public Library
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library
Bloomfield: Prosser Public Library
Bloomfield: Wintonbury Branch
Bristol Public Library
Bristol Public Library: Manross Branch
Burlington Public Library
Canton Public Library
Cromwell Belden Public Library
East Hartford: Raymond Library
East Hartford Public Library: Hockanum Branch
East Hartford Public Library: Wickham Branch
East Windsor: Library Association of Warehouse Point
Enfield Public Library
Enfield Public Library: Pearl Street Branch
Farmington Library
Farmington Library: Barney Branch
Glastonbury: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Manchester Public Library
Manchester Public Library: Whiton Branch
Marlborough: Richmond Memorial Library
New Britain Public Library
New Britain Public Library: Chamberlain Branch
New Britain Public Library: Jefferson Branch
Newington: Lucy Robbins Welles Library
Plainville Public Library
Portland Library
Rocky Hill: Cora J. Belden Library
Simsbury Public Library
South Windsor Public Library
St. Joseph College: Pope Pius XII Library
West Hartford Public Library
Wethersfield Public Library
Windsor Locks Public Library
Windsor Public Library
Windsor Public Library: Wilson Branch