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Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted by simoniker on from the much-controversy dept.

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."

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  1. Re:And??? by Golias · · Score: 2, Redundant
    Wait... saying that "Law is a complex topic upon which reasonable people can disagree." gets moderated as flamebait!? I have a strong suspicion I'm being "bitchslapped." Oh well, I have karma to burn. I'll just repeat myself with the +1 bonus turned on this time:

    Law is a complex topic upon which reasonable people can disagree. That's why we have more than one Supreme Court justice. You will notice that a 9-0 decision does not happen often on the big issues. It's also why we have more than one political party.

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  2. It's about time... by augros · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've been waiting for this to happen so I can give my expert advice to foreign terrorist groups to fly planes into their *own dang buildings*!

  3. News: Bush claims constitution is anti-American by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How long before this is a real headline?

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  4. Re:I guess I dont understand... by Jainith · · Score: 0, Redundant
    As an accountant, I'd hate to go to jail because I did the taxes for someone who turned out to be a terrorist. I'd hate it so much, that I might turn down business from a lot of people that I thought *might* be terrorists. Certain classes of people might then find it awfully hard to get their taxes done at a reasonable price. *Thats* the problem with this section.

    Well, Im pretty damn sure that if I thought somebody was a terrorist then I probably wouldnt want to be doing buisness with them anyway. If these people find it hard to get their taxes done, oh well. I'd rather have that on my consciounce then to have helped them stay in buisness another year (by not getting audited or whatever not doing their taxes would do).

    I had some other points to make, but im not sure what they are now. So thats it for now.

    Jainith