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Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act
Shining Celebi writes "U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled in favor of the ACLU and struck down a portion of the revised USA PATRIOT Act this morning, forcing investigators to go through the courts to obtain approval before ordering ISPs to give up information on customers, instead of just sending them a National Security Letter. In the words of Judge Marrero, this use of National Security Letters 'offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers.'"
I, for one, welcome our newly Constitutionally-conscious judicial overlords.
Where is the "nodamnkidding" tag when you need it?
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Well, you're too dumb to use your freedoms properly. You should THANK your appointed officials for deciding the best way for you to go about your daily life.
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
WTF kind of translation is that? English to AOL?
In completely unrelated news, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero has been arrested as an enemy combatant who hates freedom as is currently on an airplane in transit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he will be held indefinitely. Ironically, it is unlikely that this judge will ever see his own day in court.
President Bush has issued a signing statement declaring that the principles of checks and balances and separation of powers is unConstitutional, since "Clearly the executive branch of government is over the other two, or else they wouldn't have called it the 'executive' branch." Dick Cheney couldn't be reached for comment to see which branch of government he is part of today.
Don't you mean, "Their taking are jobs!!!!"
No, wait.....
SURELY NOT!!!!!
That wooshing sound you hear is the sarcasm from the GP post zipping by over your head...
Who let Ann Coulter on
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Holy crap. Assuming that wiki page isn't lying, which would be hard to pull off with some of the hawks watching political pages, that is pretty amazing. A politician with balls as big as maddox's.
insight
-noun 1. an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, esp. through intuitive understanding
People here have been rolling out that tired quote for the past six years. Posting it verbatim no longer qualifies as "insightful" IMO.
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
Up or down?
Thank god the IIJ is there to protect a homeless methhead's right to do medical care on horses without a license. Godbless them!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
This is the lunatic that vows he's going to ban abortion, and you think he's advocating anything serious? Please. He's a late-comer with about as much chance of sitting in the Oval Office as you. Sure, he may fool the far-right lunatics that have thus far absolutely destroyed the Republican Party, but take my word for it, the GOP wants to actually have a shot at winning an election. It doesn't need this guy.
Oh yeah, and Law and Order sucks with him on it.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Sorry i'm so used to living near the airport i thought it was just another 757.
Well, your freedoms need to be kept in a safe place until the government determines that it is safe for you to use them again.
I happen to agree with some of what you're saying, but for God's sake, write a bit more formally. Stop using "..."'s, capitalize your "i"'s, and at least spell out the easier words.
I for one welcome our Peruvian overlords.