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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Patriot Act Provisions Voided

The Washington Post reports, "A federal judge in Oregon ruled yesterday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional, marking the second time in as many weeks that the anti-terrorism law has come under attack in the courts." "In a case brought by a Portland man who was wrongly detained as a terrorism suspect in 2004," the report explains, "U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Patriot Act violates the Constitution because it 'permits the executive branch of government to conduct surveillance and searches of American citizens without satisfying the probable cause requirements of the Fourth Amendment.'"