posted on September 27, 2007 10:22:10 AM new
AP-
Updated: 8:40 a.m. ET Sept 27, 2007
PORTLAND, Ore. - Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, "now permits the executive branch of government to conduct surveillance and searches of American citizens without satisfying the probable cause requirements of the Fourth Amendment."
Portland attorney Brandon Mayfield sought the ruling in a lawsuit against the federal government after he was mistakenly linked by the FBI to the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004.
posted on September 27, 2007 10:26:03 AM new
Oh, coach, you-know-who will be in here screaming about how pro-terrorist we liberals are because we want to uphold the Constitution ....the Constitution that bushit referred to as a #!&%*# piece of paper.....and proved it!
posted on September 27, 2007 11:26:42 AM new
Yeah, I know. Being pro-Constitution means you are pro-terrorist. No logic at all. Like we can't wait for another terrorist attack as we enjoy them so much.
