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Mon 26 Jan, 2004 07:44 pm
Why does Judge Collins hate America? :wink:
Quote:For the first time, a federal judge has declared unconstitutional a section of the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to groups designated foreign terrorist organizations.
In a ruling handed down late Friday and made available Monday, U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins said the ban is impermissibly vague in its wording.
The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing the ruling, spokesman Mark Corallo said in a statement from Washington.
Corallo called the Patriot Act ?- the federal anti-terrorism statute passed in the aftermath of Sept. 11 ?- "an essential tool in the war on terror" and asserted that the portion at issue in the ruling was only a modest amendment to a pre-existing anti-terrorism law.
David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor who argued the case on behalf of the Humanitarian Law Project, declared the ruling "a victory for everyone who believes the war on terrorism ought to be fought consistent with constitutional principles."
AP via Yahoo!
Do you think Ashcroft will appeal?
Do you think Judge Collins will be attacked as a 'liberal'?
My first reaction to the article is this particular section is not especially important anyway, and was ruled unconstitutional on the basis of vagueness rather than actual content.
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I hope Asscroft appeals. The part that is most unconstitutional needs to be addressed and thrown out. Detaining people with no arrest, no court order, no habeous corpus, no rights, no Attorney.
Thanks Walter. I'll try to remember and make time to read it tonight.
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