ACLU challenged Patriot Act provision barring Muslim scholar from US
January 25, 2013
On January 25, 2006, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the US government for denying Swiss Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan entry into the US under the Patriot Act's ideological exclusion provision. Ramadan, the grandson of the Muslim Brotherhood's founder Hassan al-Banna....... [more] 
US House voted to extend the Patriot Act
July 21, 2012
On July 21, 2005, the US House of Representatives voted to extend the Patriot Act, a law used to combat terrorism in the US. The measure was approved 257-171 with 43 Democrats joining 214 Republicans in voting to extend key provisions of the Act that were set to expire at the end of the year. The ma....... [more]
Patriot Act extended through 2015
May 26, 2012
On May 26, 2011, US President Barack Obama signed a four-year extension of the Patriot Act minutes before it was set to expire. The US Senate had passed the bill 72-23, and the US House of Representatives passed it shortly thereafter by a vote of 250-153. Controversial programs renewed included prov....... [more]
House passed short-term Patriot Act extension
February 17, 2012
On February 17, 2011, the US House of Representatives voted 279-143 to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act through May 27, 2011. A similar extension had been approved by the Senate the previous day. Passed in 2001 after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the Act was set to expire....... [more]
House failed to pass Patriot Act extension
February 8, 2012
On February 8, 2011, a bill renewing three provisions of the USA Patriot Act failed to secure the two-thirds majority in the US House of Representatives required to renew the Act. The expiring provisions allow roving surveillance, compel production of business records and "other tangible things" und....... [more]
ACLU withdrew Patriot Act challenge in wake of amendments
October 27, 2011
On October 27, 2006, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) withdrew their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patriot Act after Congress amended the contested provision as part of the law's extension in 2006. The ACLU had argued that Section 215, which allowed federal agents to acce....... [more]
Federal judge ruled Patriot Act provisions unconstitutional
September 26, 2011
On September 26, 2007, the US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that provisions of the USA Patriot Act which amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were unconstitutional. The suit was originally brought by Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield, following his arrest and deten....... [more]
The Legacy of 9/11: Timeline
September 11, 2011
5/26/11: Obama signed four-year extension of the Patriot Act
5/2/11: US forces killed Osama Bin Laden in a firefight in Pakistan
4/4/11: Holder announced 9/11 conspirators to face military trials
1/9/11: Obama signed bill barring transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US for trial
12/22/10: Congre....... [more]
Terrorists launched attacks on major US targets
September 11, 2011
On September 11, 2001, terrorists associated with al Qaeda hijacked four US commercial airliners, two of which were flown into the Twin Towers of World Trade Center in New York City, with a third hitting the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The fourth plane went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylv....... [more]
Federal judge ruled Patriot Act security letters unconstitutional
September 6, 2011
On September 6, 2007, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the practice of issuing National Security Letters (NSLs) pursuant to the reauthorized USA Patriot Act require judicial review. US District Judge Victor Marrero issued the decision of the court, which stated....... [more]
The Patriot Act and the End of the Rule of Law
August 12, 2011
JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Lugosi of Lugosi Law Firm PLC says that the Patriot Act and criminal sanctions placed on whistleblowers violates the Constitution and fundamentally challenges the legitimacy of the rule of law and American democracy... Since 9/11, we are living in a political state whe....... [more]
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