Part of the Patriot Act ruled unconstitutional

[hot_pastrami]

The eyes begin to open...

A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a portion of the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to groups designated foreign terrorist organizations.

The ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism statute unconstitutional, said David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor who argued the case on behalf of the Humanitarian Law Project.

The Patriot Act has many questionable, unnerving, and over-broad facets. Let's hope this is the first of many sections of the hastily-assembled, freedom-eroding Act to be stricken down.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Even if much of the act is ruled out by the courts, I'm afraid the machinery to implement it will be with us forever. Slowly but surely nibbling away.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Wanna run for office to nibble away at that machinery? The 'Salami Game' works every bit as well for the freedom people as it does for the antifreedom people, antigun/progenocide types, and so forth.