A law allowing federal anti-terrorism agents to access information on the US public without a warrant has been ruled as unconstitutional by a US judge.
Victor Marrero said Congress exceeded its authority by allowing the FBI to keep requests secret under the Patriot Act, passed after the 9/11 attacks.
He said the act offended constitutional principles of checks and balances, and violated the guarantee of free speech.
The requests were mainly for financial, telephone and internet records.
Hah! Take that you fear mongering, liberty stealing, phone tapping, foot tapping, hypocrites!
Sorry I got a little overly excited there.
Bush has tried for six years to push the courts over to the far right, but has not been completely successful yet. I think that the Democrats should block every single judicial appointee that Bush sends their way. That is the only way to hang on to the freedoms that we still have left.
go ahead and get excited...yup...
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