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Patriot Act under fire.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Patriot Act under fire.(Editorials)(Judge Aiken strikes down two key provisions)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

It took a federal judge from Oregon to reaffirm what Congress has chosen to ignore since making the USA Patriot Act law in the fear-filled weeks following Sept. 11, 2001: The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable search and seizure.

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken struck down key portions of the Patriot Act, ruling that the anti-terrorism law allows federal surveillance and searches of Americans without requiring investigators to demonstrate probable cause, as required by the Constitution.

"The (government) here is asking this court to, in essence, amend the...

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