Saturday, September 10, 2005

PATRIOT Act decision

Hot off the press: a Connecticut judge has ruled in favor of a librarian served with a National Security Letter under section 215 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, saying the built-in gag order is a violation of the first amendment right to speech. The ACLU took on the case for a member of the American Library Association. This is the second time courts have ruled the NSLs unconstitutional.

Barbara

1 comment:

Alec said...

I see, though, that it is being appealed and that there is still a gag order out on the individual who sued.