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Under the auspices of combating terror, the Bush administration took many steps following 9/11 that according to some have curtailed civil rights. Chief among these was the passage of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, which was signed by Bush...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a lawsuit seeking to declare parts of the Patriot Act unconstitutional must be dismissed for lack of standing. Brandon Mayfield...

The US Department of Justice filed notice Tuesday that it will appeal last month's district court decision that found provisions of the USA Patriot Act to be unconstitutional . The Federal...

A US district judge ruled Wednesday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act that deal with physical search and electronic eavesdropping are unconstitutional. Brandon Mayfield , the Oregon attorney arrested [JURIST...

Brandon Mayfield, Mona Mayfield, et al., v. United States of America, US District Court for the District of Oregon, September 26, 2007 [ruling that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act that deal with physical search and electronic eavesdropping are...

Brandon Mayfield , the Oregon attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May 2004 after the FBI mistakenly concluded that his fingerprints matched those found on a bag containing detonators used in...

Mayfield v. United States, US District Court for the District of Oregon, November 29, 2006 [agreement in which the US government agreed to pay $2 million to Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May...

The US government agreed to pay $2 million Wednesday in a settlement agreement with Brandon Mayfield, the attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May 2004 after the FBI mistakenly established that his fingerprints...

A Review of the FBI's Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case, US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, January 6, 2006 [concluding that the FBI did not misuse the Patriot Act but instead did "sloppy work" when it...

The Inspector General , the internal watchdog of the US Department of Justice , concluded on Friday that the FBI did not misuse the Patriot Act but instead blamed the FBI...