Judge Strikes Down Bush's Order Allowing No-Limit "Blacklisting" Of Alleged Terror Groups...
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A federal judge in Los Angeles, who previously struck down sections of the Patriot Act, has ruled that provisions of an anti-terrorism order issued by President George W. Bush after September 11 are unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins found that part of the law, signed by Bush on September 23, 2001 and used to freeze the assets of terrorist organizations, violated the Constitution because it put no apparent limit on the president's powers to place groups on that list.
Reuters | Dan Whitcomb | November 28, 2006 09:28 PM