A VICTORY FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES!!

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I feel great right at the moment. With all the bad that is going on right know in the world a small victory has been won for civil liberties. Judge Janet Hall ruled today that the government must lift a gag order that was put in place which protected the identities of librarians who received request for names of people who checked out certain books. Judge Hall put it wonderfully saying:

"The government may intend the non-disclosure provision to serve some purpose other than the suppression of speech," Hall wrote. "Nevertheless, it has the practical effect of silencing individuals with a constitutionally protected interest in speech and whose voices are particularly important in an ongoing national debate about the intrusion of governmental authority into individual lives."

While this is a small victory and the real fight is keeping the extremely unconstitutional Patriot Act from being reinstated. I will keep the blog updated as news arrives on this subject as it is quite possibly the most important constitutional decision to be made in my lifetime (keep in mind I am only 21).