HSPD-12 Update: Court Rules in Favor of JPL Employees
“Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in favor of the JPL employees who sued Caltech and NASA over intrusive background investigations. A lower court had dismissed the employee’s claims and the employees won a temporary injunction from the ninth circuit court of appeals. Yesterday’ the same lower court dismissed Caltech as a defendant in the case. Today’s action by the court of appeals overules the lower court.”
S.F. appeals court bars government’s probes of NASA scientists, SF Chronicle
“After a hearing later Friday at which a federal judge in Los Angeles formally issued the injunction, Stormer said NASA had announced it would refrain from conducting the investigations of similar employees at any of its installations nationwide. NASA representatives were unavailable for comment.”
Court Allows Scientists to Work at NASA Until Trial Over Background Checks, NY Times
“Michael Cabbage, a spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said, “NASA will, of course, comply with any rulings from the court of appeals.”
