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.'"

Comments

Re:Should not have been a judge in the first place

[Scott Lockwood]

And yet, for some reason, you object when we call you what you are: Nazi's.

Re:It's a good start

[goldspider]

Ironically, socialized medicine takes healthcare decisions out of individuals' hands and gives it to the government, but you don't hear many people around here complaining about that.