Yahoo!: Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

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Mon Jan-26-04 06:32 PM
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Yahoo!: Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20040126/ap_on_re_us/patriot_act

LOS ANGELES - 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.(...)

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."

"It Is the first federal court decision declaring any part of the Patriot Act unconstitutional," he said.

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1. Duplicate

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