A good day for the USA. More of the Patriot Act rulled unconsitutional
 

Just saw this and thought it was worth posting. A federal appeals court today upheld a ruling that struck down part of the Patriot Act as being unconstitutional. The part struck down prevented anyone who got a national security letter from the government requesting sensitive material from speaking out. This basically meant the government could go to an ISP and request private customer information and records then force the ISP to remain quiet about it. The court found that this forced gag order violated the first amendment.

I personally feel that about 98% of the Patriot Act needs to be tossed out so any victory against it is a good one.

Here is the full story.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Court_...down_1216.html

Yes, that is good. Cheers.

If you give up liberty for security....you'll have neither

Well it is just about time.

Good ol' Benny...

Exactly :thumbsup

Not such a good day but a small step in the right direction at least:

from : http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/16/1944252

a band-aid on a severed head is pretty useless :disgust

Yeah, people sure need to be reminded of this... :2 cents:

I try every day in every facet of my life. :thumbsup

:2 cents:

It is better than nothing. This is how things like this tend to happen. Rarely is there one big case that removes the entire thing, more likely it is a series of small victories that slowly eats away at it.

Yeah, but a revolution comes in a Tidal Wave. :winkwink:

But a revolution starts with whisper.

no doubt :thumbsup