administrative subpoenas do not require approval from a judge before they are issued
WTF is the point of warrants if we just don't need them?
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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You've got to love the patriot act
The Patriot Act was sunset years ago
From preliminary checking I would have to agree with you, but the only sources I could find said that the clauses that were explicitly sun set clauses have since lapsed, I see no mention of what clauses still remain, does anyone have a source for the original text?
So many lawsuits against the government incoming
Those lawsuits work only short term
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