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Parts of the Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-you-have-nothing-to-hide dept.

BlueBlade writes "According to this CBS story, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause."

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  1. AdBlock Plus Plus by florescent_beige · · Score: 4, Funny

    At what point can we expect an AdBlock Plus, Ron Paul edition? Because, I'm wanting one.

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  2. Re:And this took how long? by Speedracer1870 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would be unpatriotic to vote down the patriot act. Seriously, it would have been a lot easier to defeat had it been named the communist act.

  3. Bush's response by ciaran.mchale · · Score: 2, Funny

    I expect Bush will say something like "The judge's ruling shows that the constitution is unpatriotic and therefore needs to be changed."

  4. Re:And this took how long? by Antique+Geekmeister · · Score: 3, Funny

    You misspelled "Reaganomics" there.

  5. Does he have a time machine? by Grendel+Drago · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that Obama entered the Senate in 2005, he must have used a time machine to go back and vote for the war in 2002 and the Patriot Act in 2001. Since he didn't go a bit further back and shoot Hitler, he's objectively pro-Hitler. Well, he's just lost my vote.

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  6. Re:And this took how long? by cs02rm0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What went wrong with the USofA?

    Bush?

    Nah, the downfall started before him - otherwise how did he manage to get elected in the first place?

    Bush?

  7. Re:And this took how long? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Everything was fine until this jerk called Columbus showed up.

    Been downhill ever since.

  8. Re:And this took how long? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Real patriots will oppose the sheering of rights that makes this possible.
    Yes, our rights are opaque and should never, ever be sheered.

    Perhaps you meant "sheared"? I agree that our rights should always be woolly, and shearing them would be a fleecing of the highest order.
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  9. Damn activist judges! by Abcd1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trying to, like... enforce the constitution. How dare they legislate from the bench!