Judge Reads Constitution, Slaps Down Patriot Act

4 Comments

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   MikeInOhio on September 27, 2007 at 9:42 am

   I would feel really good too if I thought there was a snowball’s chance in hell that this judges ruling concerning provisions of the Patriot Act will ever be followed or supported up the judicial chain.

   This administration sees these types of rulings as nothing more than small speed bumps on their road to greater executive authority.  In their view the judiciary is only there for one thing and that is to sanction their views on executive power.  While Mayfield won, the principles surrounding the Patriot Act and its infringement on Fourth Amendment rights will most certainly go on unfettered.  Virtual guarantee that portion of the ruling will be overridden and/or ignored.  It will never see the light of day.

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   on September 27, 2007 at 12:55 pm

   for a measly two provisions.

   The entire thing is the deliberate, calculated, planned Nazification of America.  

3. 

   BooMan on September 27, 2007 at 10:55 pm

   anachro-

   please put some content in your diaries.  This could be a comment in an open thread.  Just a snippet and a tiny bit of analysis or snark is all that is required.  Thanks.

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     anarchronarchist on September 28, 2007 at 9:07 am

     🙂