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The 342-page Act, passed by Congress with minimal debate in the weeks after September 11, dramatically weakened the power of the courts to provide a check on possible government abuses. It expanded the ability of prosecutors to investigate and incarcerate without meaningful review from a judge. In many cases, thanks to the Patriot Act, the government can now skip the courthouse altogether.
The Act requires that judges rubber stamp, in secret, government requests for personal records such as
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