Reports: Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional
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James Joyner | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
The headlines:
- Judge Strikes Down Section of Patriot Act [RSS] (NYT)
Key Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional (WaPo)
Judge blocks part of Patriot Act (CNN – AP)
Orin Kerr points out that, in fact, what the court invalidated was “part of a 1986 law known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. ”
Hmm.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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Comments
James,
It seems to me that the more sophisticated lefty blogs are trying to pull a reverse on 2000 by attempting to spread a "Bush is a great debater" meme, thereby RAISING expectations for his performance.
I think it's pretty clever, actually.
Personally, I think Bush tends to be pretty awful in staged events like debates and pretty good in more informal settings.
Posted by Alex Knapp | September 30, 2004 | 02:44 pm | Permalink
Hmm... I intended to comment on the Kevin Drum/debate post above. How'd that happen?
Posted by Alex Knapp | September 30, 2004 | 04:06 pm | Permalink
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