In the five years since 9/11, the courts of the 2nd Circuit have been the scene of a series of collisions between national security priorities and civil liberties. While cautioning that the final word on many of the challenges to the USA Patriot Act has yet to be uttered by the U.S. Supreme Court or at the 2nd Circuit itself, civil liberties attorneys say there have been notable instances where federal judges in New York have checked the U.S. Department of Justice's claim of executive pre-eminence.
September 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Five years after terrorist hijackers leveled the World Trade Center, the courts of the 2nd Circuit have been the scene of a series of collisions between national security priorities and civil liberties.
President George W. Bush’s response to Sept. 11, 2001, has been characterized by civil libertarians as an unprecedented assault on basic freedoms and the independence of the judiciary.
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