From The Associated Press, 7/29/05:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072901660.html
Federal Judge Says Patriot Act Too Vague
By LINDA DEUTSCH
The Associated Press
Friday, July 29, 2005; 7:12 PM
LOS ANGELES --
A federal judge has ruled that some provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act
dealing with foreign terrorist organizations remain too vague to be
understood by a person of average intelligence and are therefore
unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins found that Congress failed to
remedy all the problems she defined in a 2004 ruling that struck down
key provisions of the act.
Her decision was handed down Thursday and released Friday.
"Even as amended, the statute fails to identify the prohibited conduct
in a manner that persons of ordinary intelligence can reasonably
understand," the ruling said.
Collins issued an injunction against enforcement of the sections she
found vague but specified that her ruling applies only to the named
plaintiffs and does not constitute a nationwide injunction.
"I'm pleased that the court has recognized that people have a right to
support lawful, nonviolent activities of groups the secretary of state
has put on a blacklist," said David Cole, the attorney and Georgetown
University law professor who argued the case on behalf of the Center
for Constitutional Rights and the Humanitarian Law Project.
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Good news.
Harry
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