Finally - A Judge who knows right from wrong...

Rather than support the mess that is the PATRIOT ACT!!! Kudos to U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for his outstanding ruling of striking part of it down as unconstitutional, and to the ACLU who brought the case to his bench!!!

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says it best:

Known as the NSL provision, the law allowed FBI agents to fire off letters demanding private information about individuals without going through the trouble of first getting court approval.

In other words, companies, say, an Internet provider, as in this lawsuit (John Doe v. Gonzales, yes, that Gonzales, with Doe represented by the American Civil Liberties Union), would have to fork overinformation about their customers and clients (transactions, credit info, account activities, the works) to the FBI. Furthermore, those receiving the NSLs could also be forbidden from discussing them with anyone, something the court deemed unconstitutional.

We hope the Democratic Congress will seize this opportunity to look at just what the Patriot Act will actually accomplish. Hey Dems: You're the majority. Now act like it and start throwing your weight around a bit.