[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ALACOUN:11290] FW: [Politech] Federal judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional[fs]

[Alfred Kagan]

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>[One of very many sections of a 421KB law, but still encouraging.
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>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:27:03 -0800 (PST)
>From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <jhall at sims.berkeley.edu>
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>Subject: Federal Judge Rules Part of Patriot Act Unconstitutional
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>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040126/D80AN0280.html
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>Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional
>
>By LINDA DEUTSCH
>
>LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a
>portion of the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or
>assistance to groups designated foreign terrorist organizations.
>
>The ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the
>post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism statute unconstitutional, said David
>Cole, a Georgetown University law professor who argued the case on
>behalf of the Humanitarian Law Project.
>
>In a ruling handed down late Friday and made available Monday, U.S.
>District Judge Audrey Collins said the ban on providing "expert advice
>or assistance" is impermissibly vague, in violation of the First and
>Fifth Amendments.
>
>...
>
>The Humanitarian Law Project, which brought the lawsuit, said the
>plaintiffs were threatened with 15 years in prison if they advised
>groups on seeking a peaceful resolution of the Kurds' campaign for
>self-determination in Turkey.
>
>...
>
>"The USA Patriot Act places no limitation on the type of expert advice
>and assistance which is prohibited and instead bans the provision of
>all expert advice and assistance regardless of its nature," the judge
>said.
>
>...
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