Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act


	Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

ratilfar

9-6-2007 2:40 PM

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nsls, sneak and peek, fbi, warrantless searches, ucla, constitution

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9-6-2007 4:43 PM

kkcapricorn

Great to see a Judge moving in a positive direction.

9-6-2007 5:23 PM

cptenaud

Maybe the Gestapo will have a few more speed bumps
to contend with. Bring back the American dream.

9-8-2007 9:28 PM

ReverendMarkCom

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero - A man whose hand I would be honored to shake.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/edb5ef34-04b3-463c-9ce3-359100dc9502/7E87DAAE-EC2B-4DDB-B62C-CE2746653F45/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070906/patriot-act-lawsuit/" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070906/patriot-act-lawsuit/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.huffingtonpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070906/patriot-act-lawsuit/"><P>NEW YORK — A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070906/patriot-act-lawsuit/"><P>U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the government orders must be subject to meaningful judicial review and that the recently rewritten Patriot Act "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070906/patriot-act-lawsuit/"><P>The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law, complaining that it allowed the FBI to demand records without the kind of court order required for other government searches.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070906/patriot-act-lawsuit/"><P>The ACLU said it was improper to issue so-called national security letters, or NSLs _ investigative tools used by the FBI to compel businesses to turn over customer information _ without a judge's order or grand jury subpoena. Examples of such businesses include Internet service providers, telephone companies and public libraries.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7E87DAAE-EC2B-4DDB-B62C-CE2746653F45/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>