Ann Aiken
Ann Louise Aiken (born December 29, 1951)[citation needed] is an American attorney and jurist in the state of Oregon.[2][1] On September 26, 2007, Judge Aiken declared unconstitutional two portions of the USA PATRIOT Act that deal with the government's power to conduct certain surveillance without first obtaining a warrant.[3] In the decision, Aiken held that those provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.While several similar suits at state and federal level had been dismissed, Judge Aiken instead was compelled by the argument that access to a clean environment was a fundamental right, allowing the case to proceed.[8][9] This decision was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which remanded the case with instructions to dismiss it.