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12/05/2003 U.S. Court Strikes Down Part of Anti-Terrorism Law UpDaTe from the info corps: Below is the link to the actual court opinion. News stories on this don't give enough information to find the case itself. The court's opinion is important as a few paragraphs in a wire service story leave out many of the most important elements--like for instance the appeals court upheld the earlier ruling that denied violations of First Amendment claims. This means that the central part of the law is still valid. Read the court opinion! HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE (December 3, 2003) A Federal Court Of Appeals Holds That Part Of A Federal Antiterrorism Law Including The Terms "Personnel" And "Training" Under The Definition Of Providing Outlawed "Material Support" To Terrorists, Is Void For Vagueness Under The First And Fifth Amendments [PDF] http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/hlpdoj120303opn.pdf
posted by Nathan Hall at 12/05/2003 04:58:00 PM link |
