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Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional
Adam9 writes "According to Yahoo/AP, a federal judge has declared unconstitutional a portion of the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to groups designated foreign terrorist organizations. The ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism statute unconstitutional, said David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor who argued the case on behalf of the Humanitarian Law Project."
Yes, far inferior to an attorney general who actively seeks out and kills American citizens, but that could never happen. Could it?
Oh wait, it did. And we know how that re-election bid went.
As soon as a candidate better than W comes forward I will consider them, but the clowns the Dems are producing this year don't leave much choice. But then, Im in California so I'll probably do what I do every election (since the state only elects Democrats or actors) and vote for the third party candidate most likely to attract 5% of the vote.
Does anyone care to say why the ACLU (apparently) wasn't fighting this case?
They're too busy fighting for the rights of grown men who rape young boys
Actually, it's neither. Check your facts.
Anyone who loves or hates any language, platform, or manufacturer, doesn't know what they're talking about.
For the Dean Supporters.
Dean has supporters?
and his Patriot Act chronies are just pure evil. They are destroying America and it's time for a regime change!!!
{I don't really believe any of that, but I could use some free Slashdot Karma}
While the treatment of Arar is appalling, it has nothing to do with the Patriot Act.
Because the US has the obligation to fix everyone's problems when they're not minding their own fucking business.
Next time, Mr. Ahar, might want to consider attempting to make more secure travel arrangements when traveling to unfriendly parts of the world. Maybe even going so far as to double check things, or avoid helping people, who are wary, to misinterpret his comings and goings. As for the torture, one has to wonder how much of a role his mouth played in it.
Then praytell me why are there terrorists attacking our troops in Iraq? During a presidential election year? With a host of democrats saying we should pull out of the country? You are quite simply wrong. The terrorists are seeing a weakness in American resolve to see this through to a democratic Iraq. They see an opportunity to demoralize Americans, and elect a democrat to the Presidency. Then of course, said democrat would pull the troops out of Iraq. That's at least their plan.
Note that I am not saying we should stop criticizing the war because that's what the terrorists want us to do. If that were to happen, then they have won, IMO. Like the war or not, we live in a country where a presidential hopeful can criticize the current administration. That's a good thing. The terrorists have us in what I liken to the damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't tic-tac-toe game, where one player can win two ways, and there's nothing the other can do to stop it. They want Americans to either A) criticize these democrats for criticizing the war, and thus damage our right to free speech, or B) exert enough stress that the American people elect Kerry, Edwards, Dean, or Clark, and the new president pull the troops out of Iraq. That is why they are attacking us, at least in Iraq. There are of course, other goals, such as spreading their radical Islam. (Note: I am a God fearing Christian, but have no hatred of Muslims or the Islam religion. I will not abide though, anyone who kills innocents in the name of whatever god they believe in.)
I rarely ever say this, but you are a pussy. Since when are you suppossed to let several thousand people die as two flaming towers collapse and just go on as if nothing had happened? You fight back. You kill every damned one of those sons of bitches. It really fuckin' irks me when the liberals here on slashdot have more hatred for Darl McBride than Osama bin Laden. At least Darl isn't a mass murderer.
Slackware, what else when it must be secure, stable, and easy?
You've just described the French resistance, the founding fathers...
Did you even read his definition of terrorism? The part about violence against civilians? This was not an m.o. of the founding fathers, you fucking idiot. Go whine to your Democrat overseers.