Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, giving the government the power to access your medical records, tax records, information about the books you buy or borrow without probable cause, and the power to break into your home and conduct secret searches without telling you for weeks, months, or indefinitely.On Thursday, a federal judge declared a key part of the USA Patriot unconstitutional sighting the need for more judicial oversight. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero stated, “The Constitution was designed so that the dangers of any given moment could never justify discarding fundamental individual liberties,” adding that the PATRIOT Act made possible “far-reaching invasions of liberty.”
Judge Marrero immediately stayed the effect of his ruling, allowing the government time to appeal.
Oh, well.
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