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Part of the Patriot act allowed the feds to issue "National Security Letters" which could demand information without subpoena, without probable cause, and included a gag order requiring that the recipient could not share that they'd received such a letter with anyone.

Despite this being a gross over-stepping of power, Congress did pass AND RENEW the Patriot act. All that aside, a federal judge finally struck the provision as unconstitutional.

Although Marrero recognizes the importance of preserving national security, he asserts in his decision that "The Constitution was designed so that the dangers of any given moment would never suffice as justification for discarding fundamental individual liberties or circumscribing the judiciary's unique role under our governmental system in protecting those liberties and upholding the rule of law."

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We need "right regulation" against manipulative and dirty tactics for this very reason. In a market of little to no regulation, you get situations where there are so many seals and claims of "this product is great!" that a customer can't make any sense of it.

"All kinds of products are cropping up and it's hard to tell which ones are actually making solid claims and which ones are throwing 'natural' on the label or some similar term," Collins said. "The most frustrating thing is when you spend more money on something that you think is green or environmentally friendly and then when you get home you realize that it's pretty similar to all the other items. I still get duped."

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The church is accused of being a criminal organization involved in extortion, fraud, unfair trading, violation of privacy laws, and unlawfully practicing medicine. Both the Belgian and the European branches of the church should be brought to court, according to the authorities.

Too bad our government is so corrupt that it can't stamp out stuff like this too. I mean, not only do we not prosecute them, we make them a legitimate religion? Crazy.

The German government considers Scientology a commercial enterprise that takes advantage of vulnerable people.

Duh.