ACLU Drops Challenge Over Patriot Act

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 30, 2006 @12:44AM from the declare-victory-and-withdraw dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "The ACLU announced on Friday that they were dropping their case against the US Government over the highly contested section 215 of the Patriot Act. ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson stated: 'While the reauthorized Patriot Act is far from perfect, we succeeded in stemming the damage from some of the Bush administration's most reckless policies. The ACLU will continue to monitor how the government applies the broad Section 215 power and we will challenge unconstitutional demands on a case-by-case basis.'"

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Re:Patriot Pieties by Anonymous+Patriot · 2006-10-30 01:55 · Score: 0, Flamebait

My only response to this would be to ask if you have any evidence that the ACLU has improved anything? I don't.
Re:So They Lost and Declared Victory by argoff · 2006-10-30 02:06 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Nah, they probably just couldn't milk it for any more donation money to prop up their "causes" any more.
I forget by aurelian · 2006-10-30 03:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'm not American, so remind me which one the Second Amendment is again - is it the one which enshrines the right of every citizen to carry automatic assault rifles?