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Part Of The Patriot Act Shot Down

Posted by timothy on from the checks-and-balances dept.

jtwJGuevara writes "In a victory today for the ACLU, (and many Slashdotters I presume) the section of the Patriot Act which gives power to the FBI to demand confidential financial records from companies as part of terrorist investigations has been ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. District Judge. Victor Marreo, the District Judge who made this ruling, states that the provision of the Patriot Act in question 'effectively bars or substantially deters any judicial challenge.'"

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  1. This means nothing by detriment · · Score: 0, Troll

    IAAL (I Am A Lawyer) and this is entirely meaningless unless it is ruled by the supreme court. Hopefully on appeal the Supreme Court accepts this case.

  2. because by waspleg · · Score: 1, Troll

    its designed to fuck terrorists royally by taking away even the pretense of rights assuming you're even a SUSPECTED one

    oh and itmakes provisions so that *EVERYONE* can be considered a terrorist and anti-american

    and btw when you're fingered as a terrorist and detained indefinitely without legal counsel and with automatic gag orders on even talking about the case (assuming you survive your brutal torture at the hands of american contractors)

    its the antithesis of what a PATRIOT is and a sick joke fostered by the Bush administration and whoever wins both kerry and bush supported it, like they both support the war

    there is no choice. your gov't is under big money control, go back to sleep

  3. Re:ACLU, Republicans, You and I by TitanBL · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now, the Republican party is getting ready with "Patriot Act II" in response to the findings of the Sept 11 commission, but in stark contrast to what's required, has granted far greater power and reach to the security agencies while dramatically eroding constitutional protections and providing a fraction of added security.

    Really? Where did you hear about this? TFH Magazine or the Left Wing Wacko Newsletter?

    "Republicans now more than ever seem to be under the belief that they could throw any dissenting american in to prison and blow up anyone voicing their dissent outside the US and are on a collission course with the stark reality that while we may never die from a terrorist attack, we will surely feel the ever tightening grip of a police state."

    So. radical Islamic terrorists who seek to destroy western culture, starting with the US, and slaughter all "infidels" who refuse to bow down to Allah are merely "dissenters"? One of the main, if not the main, reason GW is going to re-elected is because the Democrats have crazies like you in their camp.