Political interest groups have stated that these laws remove important restrictions on governmental authority, and are a dangerous encroachment on civil liberties, possible unconstitutional violations of the Fourth Amendment. On 30 July 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the first legal challenge against Section 215 of the Patriot Act, claiming that it allows the FBI to violate a citizen's First Amendment rights, Fourth Amendment rights, and right to due process, by granting the government the right to search a person's business, bookstore, and library records in a terrorist investigation, without disclosing to the individual that records were being searched. Also, governing bodies in a number of communities have passed symbolic resolutions against the act. COUNT 4
QSN1 When did the ACLU first challenge the Patriot Act? ANS1 30 July 2003 QSN2 What rights did the ACLU say the Patriot Act violated? ANS2 First Amendment rights, Fourth Amendment rights, and right to due process QSN3 What did Section 215 of the Patriot Act allow the FBI to search? ANS3 a person's business, bookstore, and library records QSN4 Who passed symbolic resolutions against the Patriot Act? ANS4 governing bodies in a number of communities