{"id":3650,"date":"2007-09-27T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:48:26","slug":"judge-rules-provisions-in-patriot-act-to-be-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/judge-rules-provisions-in-patriot-act-to-be-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules Provisions in Patriot Act to Be Illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sieg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sieg.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Susan Jo Keller, New York Times<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Oregon ruled Wednesday that crucial parts of the USA Patriot Act were not constitutional because they allowed federal surveillance and searches of Americans without demonstrating probable cause.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling by Judge Anne L. Aiken of Federal District Court in Portland was in the case of Brandon Mayfield, a lawyer in Portland who was arrested and jailed after the Federal Bureau of Investigation mistakenly linked him to the Madrid train bombings in March 2004.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For over 200 years, this nation has adhered to the rule of law &#8211; with unparalleled success,&#8221; Judge Aiken&#8217;s opinion said in finding violations of the Fourth Amendment prohibitions against unreasonable search and seizure. &#8220;A shift to a nation based on extraconstitutional authority is prohibited, as well as ill advised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/27\/washington\/27patriot.html?_r=2&#038;hp=&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;oref=slogin&#038;adxnnlx=1190871453-X7aehVh\/W7nEh29BePHzCw&#038;oref=slogin\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan Jo Keller, New York Times A federal judge in Oregon ruled Wednesday that crucial parts of the USA Patriot Act were not constitutional because they allowed federal surveillance and searches of Americans without demonstrating probable cause. 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