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Gag Order for Nat'l Security Letters Violates First Amendment

By Lauren Gelman on

Judge Hall in Bridgeport, CT issued her opinion in ACLU v. Gonzales today, holding that the gag order associated with the National Security Letter received by an anonymous ALA member violated the First Amendment.  The government has until September 20th to appeal.

Now this has been struck down on both 4th and 1st Amendment grounds!

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