Sonia Sotomayor in The Associated Press


On Civil Rights: Struck down parts of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act

Sotomayor joined an appeals court ruling that struck down parts of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act that prohibited Internet service providers from telling customers when the government asks for private information about them. But she also dismissed complaints of commuters about random searches, instituted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, aimed at stopping terrorists on a ferry 300 miles north of New York City.
Source: Associated Press, "Sotomayor on the issues" Jul 15, 2009

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