Judge Strikes Down Section of Patriot Act
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A federal judge ruled that the provision broadly violated the Constitution by giving federal authorities unchecked powers to obtain private information.
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A federal judge threw out on Friday a Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites containing child pornography, saying the tools to do so also cause "massive suppression" of constitutionally protected speech.
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Surveillance powers granted to the FBI  under the Patriot Act, a cornerstone of the Bush  Administration's war on terror, were ruled unconstitutional by  a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to U.S. security policies.
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Even opponents of President Bush's surveillance program have to be dismayed by Judge Taylor's thin legal reasoning
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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a surveillance provision of the USA Patriot Act which requires Internet providers to supply personal information about customers to the federal government, and bars them from disclosing that they received a special
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The Justice Department launched an appeal within hours of a federal judge's ruling that, for the first time, struck down President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program as an unconstitutional infringement on the right to privacy and free speech.
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A federal judge dismissed yesterday a challenge from Osama bin Laden's driver over his more than four years of detention at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, saying a new anti-terrorism law approved by Congress this fall removes the lower court's jurisdiction in the matter.
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A federal judge in New York struck down one of the Bush administration&#39;s new surveillance powers yesterday, ruling that a USA Patriot Act provision
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Attorney General John D. Ashcroft said yesterday that federal courts have endangered national security by ruling against the Bush administration on issues related to the war on terrorism.
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In a blow to the Department of Justiceâs post-Sept. 11, 2001, powers, a federal judge said the governmentâs ability to conduct secret and unchallengable searches of Internet and telephone records violates the Constitution.
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A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorist and espionage cases criticized President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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A federal judge Friday struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances.
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NEW YORK Sept. 30, 2004 - The Justice Department will likely appeal a court ruling that declared unconstitutional a Patriot Act provision allowing secret and unchallengeable searches of Internet and telephone
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Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects  have the constitutional right to pursue lawsuits challenging  their imprisonment, a federal judge ruled on Monday in a defeat  for the Bush administration that struck down how the U.S.  military reviewed their cases.
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A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.
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One of Canada's most contentious anti-terrorism measures was struck down Friday by the Supreme Court, which declared it unconstitutional to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely while the courts review their deportation orders.
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Maybe it was just a coincidence that a federal judge in New York struck down an important provision of the USA Patriot Act on the very day that the House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to debate its future scope and effect.