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US Domestic Surveillance after 9/11: An Analysis of the Chilling Effect on First Amendment Rights in Cases Filed against the Terrorist Surveillance Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Sunny Skye Hughes
Sunny Skye Hughes*
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Department of Telecommunications, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, 2019 Weimer Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611USA, sunnyhughes.com@gmail.com
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civil libertiessurveillancechillprivacyFourth Amendmentlibertés civilessurveillanceeffet paralysantvie privéequatrième amendement
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Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , December 2012 , pp. 399 - 425
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Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 2012

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41 Ibid.

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